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

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Your hue, lighter and quieter: up 0.15 in lightness at three quarters of the chroma, then up 0.30 at half.

Tints · Lighter and quieter, twice.

supportLittle TreatCH 0601 · #F8CDDF
neutralMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperPink MistCH 0519 · #EFE8F5
claim its number≈ LilacAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Lilac #C8A2C8.chromary

Named neighbors

LilacCH 0088
Lo-FiCH 0597

Named opposites

SandCH 0099
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#BEA1D0 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 #BEA1D0#BEA1D0Set in Ink on #BEA1D0, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 58 · 8.6:1 WCAG AAA
#BEA1D0 on Ink#BEA1D0Set in #BEA1D0 on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 56 · 8.6:1 WCAG AAA
Blackcurrant on #BEA1D0#BEA1D0Set in Blackcurrant on #BEA1D0, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 6.0:1 WCAG AA
#BEA1D0 on Blackcurrant#BEA1D0Set in #BEA1D0 on Blackcurrant, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 6.0:1 WCAG AA
Iron on #BEA1D0#BEA1D0Set in Iron on #BEA1D0, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 5.1:1 WCAG AA
#BEA1D0 on Iron#BEA1D0Set in #BEA1D0 on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 5.1:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Ink on #BEA1D0

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