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≈ Pink Violet

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

Triad · Three, evenly spaced.

supportYolkCH 0228 · #FAC45A
accentNeon AquaCH 0372 · #44E7F2
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ Pink VioletAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Pink Violet #C94CBE.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#BA65CF 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 #BA65CF#BA65CFSet in Milk on #BA65CF, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 60 · 3.2:1 WCAG AA large
#BA65CF on Milk#BA65CFSet in #BA65CF on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 3.2:1 WCAG AA large
Ink on #BA65CF#BA65CF
Display sizesLc 40 · 5.4:1 WCAG AA
#BA65CF on Ink#BA65CF
Display sizesLc 38 · 5.4:1 WCAG AA
Magenta Flash on #BA65CF#BA65CF
Display sizesLc 34 · 2.1:1 fails WCAG
Indigo on #BA65CF#BA65CF
Display sizesLc 33 · 3.8:1 WCAG AA large

For every eye: Milk on #BA65CFThe 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 #BA65CF 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)