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≈ Pink Violet

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

Three hues evenly spaced around the wheel, 120 degrees apart, at full punch.

Triad · Three, evenly spaced.

supportLemonCH 0040 · #FFF44F
accent≈ Sky#34C9F7
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ Pink VioletAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Pink Violet #C94CBE.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#C75EA0 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.

Milk on #C75EA0#C75EA0Set in Milk on #C75EA0, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 61 · 3.3:1 WCAG AA large
Lemon on #C75EA0#C75EA0Set in Lemon on #C75EA0, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 60 · 3.3:1 WCAG AA large
#C75EA0 on Milk#C75EA0Set in #C75EA0 on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 3.3:1 WCAG AA large
#C75EA0 on Lemon#C75EA0Set in #C75EA0 on Lemon, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 3.3:1 WCAG AA large
Charcoal on #C75EA0#C75EA0
Display sizesLc 38 · 4.9:1 WCAG AA
Pink Pop on #C75EA0#C75EA0
Display sizesLc 36 · 2.3:1 fails WCAG

For every eye: Milk on #C75EA0The 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 Milk still stands clearly off #C75EA0 in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

#C75EA0
Red-blind (protanopia)
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Green-blind (deuteranopia)
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Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#C75EA0
No color (achromatopsia)