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≈ LilacText: auto, black, whichever reads better. Tap for white.

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Secondary

Secondary≈ Ultramarine#1527F2
SecondaryShockCH 0026 · #FF00FF

Tertiary

TertiaryLight LavenderCH 0478 · #CECAE7
Tertiary≈ Deep Wisteria#877DA7
Tertiary≈ Deep Heather#5B5176
Tertiary≈ Navy#322948

Neutrals

NeutralInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
NeutralIronCH 0562 · #383838
NeutralTaupeCH 0100 · #8B8589
NeutralSilverCH 0578 · #A5AFBA
NeutralClub SodaCH 0580 · #E5F0FC
claim its number≈ LilacAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Lilac #C8A2C8.chromary

Color Values

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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#B7ACDA 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.

Ink on #B7ACDA#B7ACDASet in Ink on #B7ACDA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 62 · 9.2:1 WCAG AAA
#B7ACDA on Ink#B7ACDASet in #B7ACDA on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 60 · 9.2:1 WCAG AAA
Navy on #B7ACDA#B7ACDASet in Navy on #B7ACDA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 56 · 6.4:1 WCAG AA
#B7ACDA on Navy#B7ACDASet in #B7ACDA on Navy, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 56 · 6.4:1 WCAG AA
#B7ACDA on Iron#B7ACDASet in #B7ACDA on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.5:1 WCAG AA
Iron on #B7ACDA#B7ACDASet in Iron on #B7ACDA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.5:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Ink on #B7ACDAThe 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 Ink still stands clearly off #B7ACDA 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)