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.

accentGlow StickCH 0300 · #4CF53D
supportLagoon MistCH 0118 · #82CBB2
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ LilacAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Lilac #C8A2C8.chromary

Named neighbors

LilacCH 0088
Lo-FiCH 0597

Named opposites

Lagoon MistCH 0118
Matcha LatteCH 0589

Color Values

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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.

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How It Reads#CAA5CE 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 #CAA5CE#CAA5CESet in Ink on #CAA5CE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 61 · 9.1:1 WCAG AAA
#CAA5CE on Ink#CAA5CESet in #CAA5CE on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 59 · 9.1:1 WCAG AAA
Deep Plum on #CAA5CE#CAA5CESet in Deep Plum on #CAA5CE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 6.3:1 WCAG AA
#CAA5CE on Deep Plum#CAA5CESet in #CAA5CE on Deep Plum, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 6.3:1 WCAG AA
#CAA5CE on Iron#CAA5CESet in #CAA5CE on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.4:1 WCAG AA
Iron on #CAA5CE#CAA5CESet in Iron on #CAA5CE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.4:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Ink on #CAA5CE

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Blue-blind (tritanopia)
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