chromary

≈ Aconite

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Three hues evenly spaced around the wheel, 120 degrees apart, at full punch.

Triad · Three, evenly spaced.

supportBeeswaxCH 0663 · #F1B851
accentAquaCH 0066 · #00FFFF
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperPink MistCH 0519 · #EFE8F5
claim its number≈ AconiteAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Aconite #A55AF4.chromary

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HarmoniesWays to pair this color with others by where they sit on the color wheel: its opposite, shapes of two to four colors spaced around the wheel, its neighbors on either side, then the same hue lighter, darker, warmer, cooler and quieter. Each strip leads with this color. Tap one to open its kit built that way.

How It Reads#B64ADA set as type with the kit Chromary builds for it, both ways round, strongest first. Each is graded by APCA, the measure of how strongly text stands off its ground as eyes see it: Any text and Body text read at every size, Headlines and large text from about 24 pixels, Display sizes for names, logos and big headlines. Pairings too faint for text, or that collapse for red- or green-blind readers, are left out. The small numbers are the APCA score (Lc), then the WCAG 2 ratio and its verdict (AAA from 7 to 1, AA from 4.5, AA large from 3), for anyone working to that standard. The two can disagree on mid tones: APCA favors white text on saturated greens and oranges, where WCAG 2 favors black.

Lemon on #B64ADA#B64ADASet in Lemon on #B64ADA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 63 · 3.6:1 WCAG AA large
Pink Mist on #B64ADA#B64ADASet in Pink Mist on #B64ADA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 60 · 3.5:1 WCAG AA large
#B64ADA on Lemon#B64ADASet in #B64ADA on Lemon, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 59 · 3.6:1 WCAG AA large
#B64ADA on Pink Mist#B64ADASet in #B64ADA on Pink Mist, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 56 · 3.5:1 WCAG AA large
Aurora on #B64ADA#B64ADASet in Aurora on #B64ADA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 46 · 2.8:1 fails WCAG
#B64ADA on Aurora#B64ADA
Display sizesLc 43 · 2.8:1 fails WCAG

For every eye: Lemon on #B64ADAThe strongest pairing above, as people with color blindness see it. About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women are color blind, most of them red-blind or green-blind, so reds and greens can look alike to them; blue-blind and no-color vision are rare. Each tile simulates the strongest form of one type (after Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes, 2009); most people who have it see a milder version. If Lemon still stands clearly off #B64ADA in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

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Red-blind (protanopia)
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Green-blind (deuteranopia)
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Blue-blind (tritanopia)
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No color (achromatopsia)