chromary

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

no CH number yet · claim this color and its own CH number

Your hue turned 15 degrees toward the cool side of the wheel, then 30. Lightness and chroma stay put.

Cooler · One step into the shade, then two.

support≈ Light Ultraviolet#B1A3FF
neutral≈ Violet Flash#98ABFF
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperPink MistCH 0519 · #EFE8F5
claim its number≈ MauveAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Mauve #E0B0FF.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#C69CFA 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 #C69CFA#C69CFASet in Ink on #C69CFA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 60 · 8.9:1 WCAG AAA
#C69CFA on Ink#C69CFASet in #C69CFA on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 58 · 8.9:1 WCAG AAA
Black Grape on #C69CFA#C69CFASet in Black Grape on #C69CFA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 6.3:1 WCAG AA
#C69CFA on Black Grape#C69CFASet in #C69CFA on Black Grape, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 6.3:1 WCAG AA
Iron on #C69CFA#C69CFASet in Iron on #C69CFA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.3:1 WCAG AA
#C69CFA on Iron#C69CFASet in #C69CFA on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.3:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Ink on #C69CFAThe 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 #C69CFA 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)