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≈ Pink Violet

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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.

support≈ Mauve#E89EE2
neutralFuchsia FrostCH 0522 · #FAE2FD
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
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#C263BD 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 #C263BD#C263BDSet in Milk on #C263BD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 60 · 3.2:1 WCAG AA large
#C263BD on Milk#C263BDSet in #C263BD on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 3.2:1 WCAG AA large
Ink on #C263BD#C263BD
Display sizesLc 40 · 5.4:1 WCAG AA
#C263BD on Ink#C263BD
Display sizesLc 38 · 5.4:1 WCAG AA
Magenta Flash on #C263BD#C263BD
Display sizesLc 35 · 2.1:1 fails WCAG
#C263BD on Magenta Flash#C263BD
Display sizesLc 32 · 2.1:1 fails WCAG

For every eye: Milk on #C263BDThe 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 #C263BD 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)