chromary

≈ Light UltravioletText: 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
supportAcid OliveCH 0104 · #B5C306
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperClub SodaCH 0580 · #E5F0FC
claim its number≈ Light UltravioletAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Light Ultraviolet #A28AF6.chromary

Named neighbors

Light UltravioletCH 0474
Pink OrchidCH 0507

Named opposites

Acid OliveCH 0104
PistachioCH 0062

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#BD9AFF 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 #BD9AFF#BD9AFFSet in Ink on #BD9AFF, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 58 · 8.6:1 WCAG AAA
#BD9AFF on Ink#BD9AFFSet in #BD9AFF on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 8.6:1 WCAG AAA
Violet Night on #BD9AFF#BD9AFFSet in Violet Night on #BD9AFF, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 6.2:1 WCAG AA
#BD9AFF on Violet Night#BD9AFFSet in #BD9AFF on Violet Night, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 6.2:1 WCAG AA
Iron on #BD9AFF#BD9AFFSet in Iron on #BD9AFF, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 50 · 5.1:1 WCAG AA
#BD9AFF on Iron#BD9AFFSet in #BD9AFF on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 50 · 5.1:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Ink on #BD9AFF

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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)