chromary

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

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The hue straight across the wheel. Once at full punch, once in your register: your lightness, and as much chroma as the hue holds there.

Complementary · Straight across the wheel.

accentGlow StickCH 0300 · #4CF53D
support≈ Matcha Latte#A6BE9E
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperPink MistCH 0519 · #EFE8F5
claim its number≈ LilacAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Lilac #C8A2C8.chromary

Named neighbors

LilacCH 0088
Y2K ChromeCH 0591

Named opposites

Matcha LatteCH 0589
Lagoon MistCH 0118

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.

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How It Reads#C4ACCC 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 #C4ACCC#C4ACCCSet in Ink on #C4ACCC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 63 · 9.4:1 WCAG AAA
#C4ACCC on Ink#C4ACCCSet in #C4ACCC on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 61 · 9.4:1 WCAG AAA
Graphite on #C4ACCC#C4ACCCSet in Graphite on #C4ACCC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 58 · 6.8:1 WCAG AA
#C4ACCC on Graphite#C4ACCCSet in #C4ACCC on Graphite, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 6.8:1 WCAG AA
#C4ACCC on Iron#C4ACCCSet in #C4ACCC on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 5.6:1 WCAG AA
Iron on #C4ACCC#C4ACCCSet in Iron on #C4ACCC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 5.6:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Ink on #C4ACCC

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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)