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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.

supportFuchsia FrostCH 0522 · #FAE2FD
neutralMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
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#C1A8D5 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) and the WCAG 2 ratio, for anyone working to a standard.

Ink on #C1A8D5#C1A8D5Set in Ink on #C1A8D5, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 62 · 9.2:1
#C1A8D5 on Ink#C1A8D5Set in #C1A8D5 on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 60 · 9.2:1
Blackcurrant on #C1A8D5#C1A8D5Set in Blackcurrant on #C1A8D5, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 56 · 6.4:1
#C1A8D5 on Blackcurrant#C1A8D5Set in #C1A8D5 on Blackcurrant, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 56 · 6.4:1
#C1A8D5 on Iron#C1A8D5Set in #C1A8D5 on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.5:1
Iron on #C1A8D5#C1A8D5Set in Iron on #C1A8D5, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.5:1

For every eye: Ink on #C1A8D5

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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)