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

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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.

supportLo-FiCH 0597 · #B49BC8
neutral≈ Silver#BCA8CE
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
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#CBA4BE 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.

Charcoal on #CBA4BE#CBA4BESet in Charcoal on #CBA4BE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 60 · 8.6:1
#CBA4BE on Charcoal#CBA4BESet in #CBA4BE on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 59 · 8.6:1
Espresso on #CBA4BE#CBA4BESet in Espresso on #CBA4BE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.6:1
#CBA4BE on Espresso#CBA4BESet in #CBA4BE on Espresso, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.6:1
#CBA4BE on Asphalt#CBA4BESet in #CBA4BE on Asphalt, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 48 · 4.4:1
Asphalt on #CBA4BE#CBA4BESet in Asphalt on #CBA4BE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 47 · 4.4:1

For every eye: Charcoal on #CBA4BE

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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)