chromary

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

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

Split complementary · Beside the opposite.

supportButterCH 0042 · #FFE066
accentRaveCH 0602 · #00FFA3
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperPink MistCH 0519 · #EFE8F5
claim its number≈ LilacAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Lilac #C8A2C8.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#CC9CEC 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 #CC9CEC#CC9CECSet in Ink on #CC9CEC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 60 · 8.9:1
#CC9CEC on Ink#CC9CECSet in #CC9CEC on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 59 · 8.9:1
Eggplant on #CC9CEC#CC9CECSet in Eggplant on #CC9CEC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 6.3:1
#CC9CEC on Eggplant#CC9CECSet in #CC9CEC on Eggplant, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 6.3:1
Iron on #CC9CEC#CC9CECSet in Iron on #CC9CEC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.3:1
#CC9CEC on Iron#CC9CECSet in #CC9CEC on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.3:1

For every eye: Ink on #CC9CEC

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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)