chromary

≈ Carnation

no CH number yet · claim this color and its own CH number

Your hue at half the chroma, then a quarter. Same lightness, so it sits quietly beside you.

Muted companion · Same hue, half the chroma.

support≈ Taupe#A47F97
neutralCementCH 0566 · #929292
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ CarnationAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Carnation #D47BBC.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#B96FA2 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.

Milk on #B96FA2#B96FA2Set in Milk on #B96FA2, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 60 · 3.2:1 WCAG AA large
#B96FA2 on Milk#B96FA2Set in #B96FA2 on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 3.2:1 WCAG AA large
Charcoal on #B96FA2#B96FA2
Display sizesLc 40 · 5.2:1 WCAG AA
#B96FA2 on Charcoal#B96FA2
Display sizesLc 37 · 5.2:1 WCAG AA
Cherry Blossom on #B96FA2#B96FA2
Display sizesLc 36 · 2.2:1 fails WCAG
#B96FA2 on Cherry Blossom#B96FA2
Display sizesLc 33 · 2.2:1 fails WCAG

For every eye: Milk on #B96FA2The 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 Milk still stands clearly off #B96FA2 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)