chromary

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

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

The two hues either side of the opposite, 30 degrees out, each at full punch.

Split complementary · Beside the opposite.

supportButterCH 0042 · #FFE066
accentRaveCH 0602 · #00FFA3
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperPink MistCH 0519 · #EFE8F5
claim its number≈ Magenta PopAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Magenta Pop #BE79F6.chromary

Color Values

Exact from the hex. Tap any value to copy it.

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#C78EFC 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 #C78EFC#C78EFCSet in Ink on #C78EFC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 56 · 8.1:1 WCAG AAA
#C78EFC on Ink#C78EFCSet in #C78EFC on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 8.1:1 WCAG AAA
Black Grape on #C78EFC#C78EFCSet in Black Grape on #C78EFC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 6.0:1 WCAG AA
#C78EFC on Black Grape#C78EFCSet in #C78EFC on Black Grape, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 50 · 6.0:1 WCAG AA
Iron on #C78EFC#C78EFCSet in Iron on #C78EFC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 47 · 4.8:1 WCAG AA
#C78EFC on Iron#C78EFCSet in #C78EFC on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 47 · 4.8:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Ink on #C78EFCThe 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 #C78EFC in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

#C78EFC
Red-blind (protanopia)
#C78EFC
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#C78EFC
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#C78EFC
No color (achromatopsia)