chromary

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

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Your hue turned 15 degrees toward the warm side of the wheel, then 30. Lightness and chroma stay put.

Warmer · One step toward the sun, then two.

supportGreigeCH 0574 · #C5BCB0
neutral≈ Pebble#CDACA5
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperPink MilkCH 0556 · #F5E7EC
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#CCABB3 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 #CCABB3#CCABB3Set in Charcoal on #CCABB3, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 62 · 9.0:1
#CCABB3 on Charcoal#CCABB3Set in #CCABB3 on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 61 · 9.0:1
Espresso on #CCABB3#CCABB3Set in Espresso on #CCABB3, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 5.8:1
#CCABB3 on Espresso#CCABB3Set in #CCABB3 on Espresso, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 5.8:1
#CCABB3 on Clay#CCABB3Set in #CCABB3 on Clay, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 4.5:1
Clay on #CCABB3#CCABB3Set in Clay on #CCABB3, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 4.5:1

For every eye: Charcoal on #CCABB3

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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)