chromary

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

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The two hues either side of the opposite, 30 degrees out, each at full punch.

Split complementary · Beside the opposite.

supportSunshineCH 0263 · #E9CE3C
accentRaveCH 0602 · #00FFA3
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperClub 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#B8A8D9 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) and the WCAG 2 ratio, for anyone working to a standard.

Ink on #B8A8D9#B8A8D9Set in Ink on #B8A8D9, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 61 · 9.0:1
#B8A8D9 on Ink#B8A8D9Set in #B8A8D9 on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 59 · 9.0:1
Navy on #B8A8D9#B8A8D9Set in Navy on #B8A8D9, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 6.3:1
#B8A8D9 on Navy#B8A8D9Set in #B8A8D9 on Navy, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 6.3:1
#B8A8D9 on Iron#B8A8D9Set in #B8A8D9 on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.4:1
Iron on #B8A8D9#B8A8D9Set in Iron on #B8A8D9, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.4:1

For every eye: Ink on #B8A8D9

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