chromary

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

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The hue straight across the wheel. Once at full punch, once in your register: your lightness, and as much chroma as the hue holds there.

Complementary · Straight across the wheel.

accent≈ Acid#90FB3A
supportPistachioCH 0062 · #93C572
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#C8A4D9 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.

Ink on #C8A4D9#C8A4D9Set in Ink on #C8A4D9, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 62 · 9.1:1
#C8A4D9 on Ink#C8A4D9Set in #C8A4D9 on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 60 · 9.1:1
Eggplant on #C8A4D9#C8A4D9Set in Eggplant on #C8A4D9, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 56 · 6.4:1
#C8A4D9 on Eggplant#C8A4D9Set in #C8A4D9 on Eggplant, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 6.4:1
#C8A4D9 on Iron#C8A4D9Set in #C8A4D9 on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.5:1
Iron on #C8A4D9#C8A4D9Set in Iron on #C8A4D9, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.5:1

For every eye: Ink on #C8A4D9

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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)