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

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Your hue turned 15 degrees toward the warm side of the wheel, then 30. Lightness and chroma stay put.

Warmer · One step toward the sun, then two.

supportPeonyCH 0544 · #D480A6
neutralWatermelonCH 0147 · #D48493
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ Pink OrchidAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Pink Orchid #B08DD0.chromary

Named neighbors

Pink OrchidCH 0507
Thistle PinkCH 0508

Named opposites

KiwiCH 0292
HoneydewCH 0291

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.

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How It Reads#BC8BC4 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 #BC8BC4#BC8BC4Set in Ink on #BC8BC4, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 50 · 7.1:1 WCAG AAA
Milk on #BC8BC4#BC8BC4Set in Milk on #BC8BC4, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 2.4:1 fails WCAG
#BC8BC4 on Ink#BC8BC4Set in #BC8BC4 on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 48 · 7.1:1 WCAG AAA
Eggplant on #BC8BC4#BC8BC4Set in Eggplant on #BC8BC4, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 47 · 5.7:1 WCAG AA
#BC8BC4 on Eggplant#BC8BC4Set in #BC8BC4 on Eggplant, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 45 · 5.7:1 WCAG AA
#BC8BC4 on Milk#BC8BC4Set in #BC8BC4 on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 45 · 2.4:1 fails WCAG

For every eye: Ink on #BC8BC4

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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)