chromary

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

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The hue straight across the wheel. Once at full punch, once in your register: your lightness, and as much chroma as the hue holds there.

Complementary · Straight across the wheel.

accentRaveCH 0602 · #00FFA3
supportKiwiCH 0292 · #72B16C
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
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#CD90C7 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 #CD90C7#CD90C7Set in Ink on #CD90C7, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 7.8:1 WCAG AAA
#CD90C7 on Ink#CD90C7Set in #CD90C7 on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 7.8:1 WCAG AAA
Eggplant on #CD90C7#CD90C7Set in Eggplant on #CD90C7, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 6.3:1 WCAG AA
#CD90C7 on Eggplant#CD90C7Set in #CD90C7 on Eggplant, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 50 · 6.3:1 WCAG AA
Iron on #CD90C7#CD90C7Set in Iron on #CD90C7, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 46 · 4.6:1 WCAG AA
#CD90C7 on Iron#CD90C7Set in #CD90C7 on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 45 · 4.6:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Ink on #CD90C7The 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 #CD90C7 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)