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

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Your hue turned 15 degrees toward the cool side of the wheel, then 30. Lightness and chroma stay put.

Cooler · One step into the shade, then two.

supportLight UltravioletCH 0474 · #A28AF6
neutralViolet FlashCH 0473 · #8A94F6
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperPink MistCH 0519 · #EFE8F5
claim its number≈ Pink OrchidAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Pink Orchid #B08DD0.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#BF91EC 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 #BF91EC#BF91ECSet in Ink on #BF91EC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 7.9:1 WCAG AAA
#BF91EC on Ink#BF91ECSet in #BF91EC on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 7.9:1 WCAG AAA
Black Grape on #BF91EC#BF91ECSet in Black Grape on #BF91EC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 50 · 5.8:1 WCAG AA
#BF91EC on Black Grape#BF91ECSet in #BF91EC on Black Grape, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 5.8:1 WCAG AA
Iron on #BF91EC#BF91ECSet in Iron on #BF91EC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 46 · 4.7:1 WCAG AA
#BF91EC on Iron#BF91ECSet in #BF91EC on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 46 · 4.7:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Ink on #BF91ECThe 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 Ink still stands clearly off #BF91EC 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)