chromary
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.

accentCitronCH 0039 · #DFFF00
supportPistachioCH 0062 · #93C572
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperPink MistCH 0519 · #EFE8F5
claim its number≈ MauveAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Mauve #E0B0FF.chromary

Color Values

Exact from the hex. Tap any value to copy it.

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#CDA8FE 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 #CDA8FE#CDA8FESet in Ink on #CDA8FE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 65 · 9.9:1 WCAG AAA
#CDA8FE on Ink#CDA8FESet in #CDA8FE on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 64 · 9.9:1 WCAG AAA
Eggplant on #CDA8FE#CDA8FESet in Eggplant on #CDA8FE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 59 · 6.8:1 WCAG AA
#CDA8FE on Eggplant#CDA8FESet in #CDA8FE on Eggplant, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 59 · 6.8:1 WCAG AA
#CDA8FE on Iron#CDA8FESet in #CDA8FE on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 5.9:1 WCAG AA
Iron on #CDA8FE#CDA8FESet in Iron on #CDA8FE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 56 · 5.9:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Ink on #CDA8FEThe 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 #CDA8FE in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

#CDA8FE
Red-blind (protanopia)
#CDA8FE
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#CDA8FE
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#CDA8FE
No color (achromatopsia)