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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.

supportOrchid MilkCH 0520 · #F3E6F5
neutralMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperBaby PinkCH 0555 · #F5E6F0
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#C4AABD 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 #C4AABD#C4AABDSet in Ink on #C4AABD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 62 · 9.2:1
#C4AABD on Ink#C4AABDSet in #C4AABD on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 60 · 9.2:1
Graphite on #C4AABD#C4AABDSet in Graphite on #C4AABD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 6.6:1
#C4AABD on Graphite#C4AABDSet in #C4AABD on Graphite, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 56 · 6.6:1
#C4AABD on Iron#C4AABDSet in #C4AABD on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.5:1
Iron on #C4AABD#C4AABDSet in Iron on #C4AABD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.5:1

For every eye: Ink on #C4AABD

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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)