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

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

Triad · Three, evenly spaced.

supportHoneyCH 0044 · #EBA937
accentAquaCH 0066 · #00FFFF
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperPink MistCH 0519 · #EFE8F5
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#C7A0EA 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 #C7A0EA#C7A0EASet in Ink on #C7A0EA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 60 · 9.0:1 WCAG AAA
#C7A0EA on Ink#C7A0EASet in #C7A0EA on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 59 · 9.0:1 WCAG AAA
Eggplant on #C7A0EA#C7A0EASet in Eggplant on #C7A0EA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 6.3:1 WCAG AA
#C7A0EA on Eggplant#C7A0EASet in #C7A0EA on Eggplant, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 6.3:1 WCAG AA
#C7A0EA on Iron#C7A0EASet in #C7A0EA on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.3:1 WCAG AA
Iron on #C7A0EA#C7A0EASet in Iron on #C7A0EA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.3:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Ink on #C7A0EA

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Blue-blind (tritanopia)
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