chromary

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

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

Muted companion · Same hue, half the chroma, then half again.

supportSilverCH 0578 · #A5AFBA
neutralPebbleCH 0567 · #ABABAB
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ LilacAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Lilac #C8A2C8.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#CD9EC6 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 #CD9EC6#CD9EC6Set in Ink on #CD9EC6, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 59 · 8.7:1
#CD9EC6 on Ink#CD9EC6Set in #CD9EC6 on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 8.7:1
Eggplant on #CD9EC6#CD9EC6Set in Eggplant on #CD9EC6, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 6.2:1
#CD9EC6 on Eggplant#CD9EC6Set in #CD9EC6 on Eggplant, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 6.2:1
Iron on #CD9EC6#CD9EC6Set in Iron on #CD9EC6, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 50 · 5.2:1
#CD9EC6 on Iron#CD9EC6Set in #CD9EC6 on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 50 · 5.2:1

For every eye: Ink on #CD9EC6

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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)