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≈ Pink Violet

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Your hue, lighter and quieter: up 0.15 in lightness at three quarters of the chroma, then up 0.30 at half.

Tints · Lighter and quieter, twice.

support≈ Orchid#F382ED
neutral≈ Little Treat#FFCCFF
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ Pink VioletAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Pink Violet #C94CBE.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#D030CD 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 #D030CD#D030CDSet in Milk on #D030CD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 64 · 3.7:1 WCAG AA large
Citron on #D030CD#D030CDSet in Citron on #D030CD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 63 · 3.6:1 WCAG AA large
#D030CD on Milk#D030CDSet in #D030CD on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 59 · 3.7:1 WCAG AA large
#D030CD on Citron#D030CDSet in #D030CD on Citron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 58 · 3.6:1 WCAG AA large
Aurora on #D030CD#D030CDSet in Aurora on #D030CD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 46 · 2.8:1 fails WCAG
#D030CD on Aurora#D030CD
Display sizesLc 42 · 2.8:1 fails WCAG

For every eye: Milk on #D030CDThe 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 #D030CD 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)