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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.

supportLittle TreatCH 0601 · #F8CDDF
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#C3A2C9 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 #C3A2C9#C3A2C9Set in Ink on #C3A2C9, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 59 · 8.7:1
#C3A2C9 on Ink#C3A2C9Set in #C3A2C9 on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 58 · 8.7:1
Deep Plum on #C3A2C9#C3A2C9Set in Deep Plum on #C3A2C9, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 6.2:1
#C3A2C9 on Deep Plum#C3A2C9Set in #C3A2C9 on Deep Plum, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 6.2:1
Iron on #C3A2C9#C3A2C9Set in Iron on #C3A2C9, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.2:1
#C3A2C9 on Iron#C3A2C9Set in #C3A2C9 on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 50 · 5.2:1

For every eye: Ink on #C3A2C9

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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)