chromary

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

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Four hues at right angles, a square on the wheel, at full punch.

Tetrad · Four corners of the wheel.

supportVermilionCH 0019 · #E34234
accentAcidCH 0037 · #BFFF00
neutralNeon AquaCH 0372 · #44E7F2
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperPink MistCH 0519 · #EFE8F5
claim its number≈ MauveAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Mauve #E0B0FF.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#CAA2FB 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 #CAA2FB#CAA2FBSet in Ink on #CAA2FB, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 63 · 9.4:1 WCAG AAA
#CAA2FB on Ink#CAA2FBSet in #CAA2FB on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 61 · 9.4:1 WCAG AAA
Black Grape on #CAA2FB#CAA2FBSet in Black Grape on #CAA2FB, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 6.6:1 WCAG AA
#CAA2FB on Black Grape#CAA2FBSet in #CAA2FB on Black Grape, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 56 · 6.6:1 WCAG AA
#CAA2FB on Iron#CAA2FBSet in #CAA2FB on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 5.6:1 WCAG AA
Iron on #CAA2FB#CAA2FBSet in Iron on #CAA2FB, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 5.6:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Ink on #CAA2FBThe 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 #CAA2FB 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)