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

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Secondary

SecondaryUltramarineCH 0080 · #3F00FF
SecondaryPink ShockCH 0120 · #ED0DD9

Tertiary

TertiaryFuchsia IceCH 0515 · #DEBFFA
TertiaryAmethystCH 0085 · #9966CC
Tertiary≈ Grape#6A4590
Tertiary≈ Black Grape#3E1A5D

Neutrals

NeutralInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
NeutralIronCH 0562 · #383838
NeutralAshCH 0565 · #7A7A7A
NeutralDustCH 0568 · #C4C4C4
NeutralPink 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#CCA0FD 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 #CCA0FD#CCA0FDSet in Ink on #CCA0FD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 62 · 9.3:1 WCAG AAA
#CCA0FD on Ink#CCA0FDSet in #CCA0FD on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 61 · 9.3:1 WCAG AAA
Black Grape on #CCA0FD#CCA0FDSet in Black Grape on #CCA0FD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 6.6:1 WCAG AA
#CCA0FD on Black Grape#CCA0FDSet in #CCA0FD on Black Grape, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 56 · 6.6:1 WCAG AA
#CCA0FD on Iron#CCA0FDSet in #CCA0FD on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 5.5:1 WCAG AA
Iron on #CCA0FD#CCA0FDSet in Iron on #CCA0FD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.5:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Ink on #CCA0FDThe 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 #CCA0FD in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

#CCA0FD
Red-blind (protanopia)
#CCA0FD
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#CCA0FD
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#CCA0FD
No color (achromatopsia)