chromary

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

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The hue straight across the wheel. Once at full punch, once in your register: your lightness, and as much chroma as the hue holds there.

Complementary · Straight across the wheel.

accentCitronCH 0039 · #DFFF00
supportSandCH 0099 · #C2B280
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#BBACD8 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 #BBACD8#BBACD8Set in Ink on #BBACD8, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 63 · 9.4:1
#BBACD8 on Ink#BBACD8Set in #BBACD8 on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 61 · 9.4:1
Navy on #BBACD8#BBACD8Set in Navy on #BBACD8, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 6.4:1
#BBACD8 on Navy#BBACD8Set in #BBACD8 on Navy, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 56 · 6.4:1
#BBACD8 on Iron#BBACD8Set in #BBACD8 on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 5.6:1
Iron on #BBACD8#BBACD8Set in Iron on #BBACD8, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 5.6:1

For every eye: Ink on #BBACD8

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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)