chromary

≈ Pink OrchidText: 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#B59CF5
neutral≈ Violet Flash#A0A4FD
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperPink MistCH 0519 · #EFE8F5
claim its number≈ Pink OrchidAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Pink Orchid #B08DD0.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#C896E9 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 #C896E9#C896E9Set in Ink on #C896E9, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 8.4:1 WCAG AAA
#C896E9 on Ink#C896E9Set in #C896E9 on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 8.4:1 WCAG AAA
Eggplant on #C896E9#C896E9Set in Eggplant on #C896E9, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 6.8:1 WCAG AA
#C896E9 on Eggplant#C896E9Set in #C896E9 on Eggplant, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 6.8:1 WCAG AA
Iron on #C896E9#C896E9Set in Iron on #C896E9, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 48 · 5.0:1 WCAG AA
#C896E9 on Iron#C896E9Set in #C896E9 on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 48 · 5.0:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Ink on #C896E9The 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 #C896E9 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)