chromary
The two hues either side of the opposite, 30 degrees out, each at full punch.

Split complementary · Beside the opposite.

supportCitronCH 0039 · #DFFF00
accentAquaCH 0066 · #00FFFF
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ OrchidAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Orchid #DA70D6.chromary

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.

How It Reads#CC66BD 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.

Milk on #CC66BD#CC66BDSet in Milk on #CC66BD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 3.0:1 WCAG AA large
#CC66BD on Milk#CC66BDSet in #CC66BD on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 3.0:1 WCAG AA large
Ink on #CC66BD#CC66BD
Display sizesLc 42 · 5.8:1 WCAG AA
#CC66BD on Ink#CC66BD
Display sizesLc 40 · 5.8:1 WCAG AA
Eggplant on #CC66BD#CC66BD
Display sizesLc 39 · 4.6:1 WCAG AA
#CC66BD on Eggplant#CC66BD
Display sizesLc 37 · 4.6:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Milk on #CC66BDThe 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 Milk still stands clearly off #CC66BD in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

#CC66BD
Red-blind (protanopia)
#CC66BD
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#CC66BD
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#CC66BD
No color (achromatopsia)