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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.

supportRose FrostCH 0558 · #FDE3ED
neutralChalkCH 0013 · #F4F4F0
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperPink MilkCH 0556 · #F5E7EC
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#C6AAB8 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.

Charcoal on #C6AAB8#C6AAB8Set in Charcoal on #C6AAB8, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 61 · 8.8:1
#C6AAB8 on Charcoal#C6AAB8Set in #C6AAB8 on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 60 · 8.8:1
Espresso on #C6AAB8#C6AAB8Set in Espresso on #C6AAB8, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 5.7:1
#C6AAB8 on Espresso#C6AAB8Set in #C6AAB8 on Espresso, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 5.7:1
#C6AAB8 on Asphalt#C6AAB8Set in #C6AAB8 on Asphalt, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 4.6:1
Asphalt on #C6AAB8#C6AAB8Set in Asphalt on #C6AAB8, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 4.6:1

For every eye: Charcoal on #C6AAB8

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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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