chromary

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

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The two hues either side of the opposite, 30 degrees out, each at full punch.

Split complementary · Beside the opposite.

supportAcidCH 0037 · #BFFF00
accentAquaCH 0066 · #00FFFF
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#CEA5C4 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 #CEA5C4#CEA5C4Set in Ink on #CEA5C4, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 62 · 9.2:1
#CEA5C4 on Ink#CEA5C4Set in #CEA5C4 on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 60 · 9.2:1
Espresso on #CEA5C4#CEA5C4Set in Espresso on #CEA5C4, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 56 · 6.4:1
#CEA5C4 on Espresso#CEA5C4Set in #CEA5C4 on Espresso, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 56 · 6.4:1
#CEA5C4 on Iron#CEA5C4Set in #CEA5C4 on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.5:1
Iron on #CEA5C4#CEA5C4Set in Iron on #CEA5C4, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.5:1

For every eye: Ink on #CEA5C4

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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)