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≈ Electric Fuchsia

no CH number yet · claim this color and its own CH number

Your hue at half the chroma, then a quarter. Same lightness, so it sits quietly beside you.

Muted companion · Same hue, half the chroma.

supportThistle PinkCH 0508 · #C580D0
neutralDusty OrchidCH 0506 · #B093B5
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperPink MistCH 0519 · #EFE8F5
claim its number≈ Electric FuchsiaAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Electric Fuchsia #E15AF6.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#CD4BF8 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.

Lemon on #CD4BF8#CD4BF8Set in Lemon on #CD4BF8, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 3.0:1 WCAG AA large
Pink Mist on #CD4BF8#CD4BF8Set in Pink Mist on #CD4BF8, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 2.9:1 fails WCAG
#CD4BF8 on Lemon#CD4BF8Set in #CD4BF8 on Lemon, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 3.0:1 WCAG AA large
#CD4BF8 on Pink Mist#CD4BF8Set in #CD4BF8 on Pink Mist, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 2.9:1 fails WCAG
Ink on #CD4BF8#CD4BF8
Display sizesLc 42 · 5.5:1 WCAG AA
Aurora on #CD4BF8#CD4BF8
Display sizesLc 40 · 2.3:1 fails WCAG

For every eye: Lemon on #CD4BF8The 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 Lemon still stands clearly off #CD4BF8 in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

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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)