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≈ Pink Violet

no CH number yet · claim this color and its own CH number

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.

support≈ Faded Rose#C85585
neutral≈ Vermilion#CE546A
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ Pink VioletAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Pink Violet #C94CBE.chromary

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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#BF589D 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.

Milk on #BF589D#BF589DSet in Milk on #BF589D, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 64 · 3.6:1 WCAG AA large
Lemon on #BF589D#BF589DSet in Lemon on #BF589D, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 63 · 3.5:1 WCAG AA large
#BF589D on Milk#BF589DSet in #BF589D on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 60 · 3.6:1 WCAG AA large
#BF589D on Lemon#BF589DSet in #BF589D on Lemon, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 58 · 3.5:1 WCAG AA large
Pink Pop on #BF589D#BF589D
Display sizesLc 39 · 2.5:1 fails WCAG
#BF589D on Pink Pop#BF589D
Display sizesLc 37 · 2.5:1 fails WCAG

For every eye: Milk on #BF589DThe strongest pairing above, as people with color blindness see it. About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women are color blind, most of them red-blind or green-blind, so reds and greens can look alike to them; blue-blind and no-color vision are rare. Each tile simulates the strongest form of one type (after Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes, 2009); most people who have it see a milder version. If Milk still stands clearly off #BF589D in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

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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)