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.

accentAcidCH 0037 · #BFFF00
support≈ Pistachio#A0BA84
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#BEA2D6 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 #BEA2D6#BEA2D6Set in Ink on #BEA2D6, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 59 · 8.7:1 WCAG AAA
#BEA2D6 on Ink#BEA2D6Set in #BEA2D6 on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 8.7:1 WCAG AAA
Blackcurrant on #BEA2D6#BEA2D6Set in Blackcurrant on #BEA2D6, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 6.1:1 WCAG AA
#BEA2D6 on Blackcurrant#BEA2D6Set in #BEA2D6 on Blackcurrant, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 6.1:1 WCAG AA
Iron on #BEA2D6#BEA2D6Set in Iron on #BEA2D6, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 50 · 5.2:1 WCAG AA
#BEA2D6 on Iron#BEA2D6Set in #BEA2D6 on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 50 · 5.2:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Ink on #BEA2D6

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