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
support≈ Lagoon Mist#88BE91
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#CD9BC9 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 #CD9BC9#CD9BC9Set in Ink on #CD9BC9, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 58 · 8.5:1
#CD9BC9 on Ink#CD9BC9Set in #CD9BC9 on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 8.5:1
Eggplant on #CD9BC9#CD9BC9Set in Eggplant on #CD9BC9, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 6.1:1
#CD9BC9 on Eggplant#CD9BC9Set in #CD9BC9 on Eggplant, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 6.1:1
Iron on #CD9BC9#CD9BC9Set in Iron on #CD9BC9, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 50 · 5.1:1
#CD9BC9 on Iron#CD9BC9Set in #CD9BC9 on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 5.1:1

For every eye: Ink on #CD9BC9

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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)