chromary

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

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Your hue, darker and deeper: down 0.15 in lightness at nine tenths of the chroma, then down 0.30 at three quarters.

Shades · Darker and deeper, twice.

supportPlumCH 0086 · #8E4585
neutralDeep OrchidCH 0496 · #5F3466
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ Thistle PinkAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Thistle Pink #C580D0.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#BF74CA 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 #BF74CA#BF74CASet in Milk on #BF74CA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 2.8:1 fails WCAG
#BF74CA on Milk#BF74CASet in #BF74CA on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 2.8:1 fails WCAG
Ink on #BF74CA#BF74CA
Display sizesLc 44 · 6.1:1 WCAG AA
#BF74CA on Ink#BF74CA
Display sizesLc 42 · 6.1:1 WCAG AA
Eggplant on #BF74CA#BF74CA
Display sizesLc 41 · 4.9:1 WCAG AA
#BF74CA on Eggplant#BF74CA
Display sizesLc 39 · 4.9:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Milk on #BF74CAThe 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 #BF74CA 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)