chromary

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

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Your hue, darker and deeper: down 0.15 in lightness at nine tenths of the chroma, then down 0.30 at three quarters.

Shades · Darker and deeper, twice.

supportAmethystCH 0085 · #9966CC
neutral≈ Plum#6C4B8B
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperPink MistCH 0519 · #EFE8F5
claim its number≈ MauveAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Mauve #E0B0FF.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#CE9DFD 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 #CE9DFD#CE9DFDSet in Ink on #CE9DFD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 62 · 9.2:1 WCAG AAA
#CE9DFD on Ink#CE9DFDSet in #CE9DFD on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 60 · 9.2:1 WCAG AAA
Black Grape on #CE9DFD#CE9DFDSet in Black Grape on #CE9DFD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 56 · 6.5:1 WCAG AA
#CE9DFD on Black Grape#CE9DFDSet in #CE9DFD on Black Grape, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 6.5:1 WCAG AA
#CE9DFD on Iron#CE9DFDSet in #CE9DFD on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.5:1 WCAG AA
Iron on #CE9DFD#CE9DFDSet in Iron on #CE9DFD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.5:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Ink on #CE9DFD

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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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