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

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Three hues evenly spaced around the wheel, 120 degrees apart, at full punch.

Triad · Three, evenly spaced.

supportAcidCH 0037 · #BFFF00
accentBlue CheckCH 0605 · #1D9BF0
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
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#CF9FA6 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.

Charcoal on #CF9FA6#CF9FA6Set in Charcoal on #CF9FA6, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 58 · 8.2:1
#CF9FA6 on Charcoal#CF9FA6Set in #CF9FA6 on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 56 · 8.2:1
Espresso on #CF9FA6#CF9FA6Set in Espresso on #CF9FA6, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 50 · 5.3:1
#CF9FA6 on Espresso#CF9FA6Set in #CF9FA6 on Espresso, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 50 · 5.3:1
#CF9FA6 on Clay#CF9FA6
Display sizesLc 45 · 4.1:1
Clay on #CF9FA6#CF9FA6
Display sizesLc 44 · 4.1:1

For every eye: Charcoal on #CF9FA6

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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)