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.

supportSunCH 0041 · #FFD300
accentRaveCH 0602 · #00FFA3
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperPink MistCH 0519 · #EFE8F5
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#BCA8D3 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 #BCA8D3#BCA8D3Set in Ink on #BCA8D3, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 61 · 9.1:1
#BCA8D3 on Ink#BCA8D3Set in #BCA8D3 on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 59 · 9.1:1
Navy on #BCA8D3#BCA8D3Set in Navy on #BCA8D3, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 6.3:1
#BCA8D3 on Navy#BCA8D3Set in #BCA8D3 on Navy, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 6.3:1
#BCA8D3 on Iron#BCA8D3Set in #BCA8D3 on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.4:1
Iron on #BCA8D3#BCA8D3Set in Iron on #BCA8D3, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.4:1

For every eye: Ink on #BCA8D3

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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)