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

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Secondary

SecondaryUltramarineCH 0080 · #3F00FF
SecondaryFlamingo PopCH 0545 · #F74ED2

Tertiary

TertiaryFuchsia IceCH 0515 · #DEBFFA
Tertiary≈ Amethyst#9373AD
Tertiary≈ Byzantium#65487C
Tertiary≈ Eggplant#3B214E

Neutrals

NeutralInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
NeutralIronCH 0562 · #383838
NeutralAshCH 0565 · #7A7A7A
NeutralDustCH 0568 · #C4C4C4
NeutralPink MistCH 0519 · #EFE8F5
claim its number≈ LilacAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Lilac #C8A2C8.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#C3A0E1 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 #C3A0E1#C3A0E1Set in Ink on #C3A0E1, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 59 · 8.8:1 WCAG AAA
#C3A0E1 on Ink#C3A0E1Set in #C3A0E1 on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 58 · 8.8:1 WCAG AAA
Eggplant on #C3A0E1#C3A0E1Set in Eggplant on #C3A0E1, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 6.2:1 WCAG AA
#C3A0E1 on Eggplant#C3A0E1Set in #C3A0E1 on Eggplant, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 6.2:1 WCAG AA
Iron on #C3A0E1#C3A0E1Set in Iron on #C3A0E1, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.2:1 WCAG AA
#C3A0E1 on Iron#C3A0E1Set in #C3A0E1 on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.2:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Ink on #C3A0E1The 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 #C3A0E1 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)