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≈ Electric Fuchsia

no CH number yet · claim this color and its own CH number

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

Muted companion · Same hue, half the chroma.

support≈ Thistle Pink#B37ABA
neutralDusty OrchidCH 0506 · #B093B5
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ Electric FuchsiaAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Electric Fuchsia #E15AF6.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#CF56DF 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.

Milk on #CF56DF#CF56DFSet in Milk on #CF56DF, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 58 · 3.1:1 WCAG AA large
Electric Lemon on #CF56DF#CF56DFSet in Electric Lemon on #CF56DF, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 2.9:1 fails WCAG
#CF56DF on Milk#CF56DFSet in #CF56DF on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 3.1:1 WCAG AA large
#CF56DF on Electric Lemon#CF56DFSet in #CF56DF on Electric Lemon, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 2.9:1 fails WCAG
Ink on #CF56DF#CF56DF
Display sizesLc 42 · 5.6:1 WCAG AA
#CF56DF on Ink#CF56DF
Display sizesLc 40 · 5.6:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Milk on #CF56DFThe 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 Milk still stands clearly off #CF56DF in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

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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)