chromary

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

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The hue straight across the wheel. Once at full punch, once in your register: your lightness, and as much chroma as the hue holds there.

Complementary · Straight across the wheel.

accentRaveCH 0602 · #00FFA3
supportPistachioCH 0062 · #93C572
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#D297CE 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 #D297CE#D297CESet in Ink on #D297CE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 58 · 8.4:1 WCAG AAA
#D297CE on Ink#D297CESet in #D297CE on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 56 · 8.4:1 WCAG AAA
Eggplant on #D297CE#D297CESet in Eggplant on #D297CE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 6.8:1 WCAG AA
#D297CE on Eggplant#D297CESet in #D297CE on Eggplant, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 6.8:1 WCAG AA
Iron on #D297CE#D297CESet in Iron on #D297CE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 5.0:1 WCAG AA
#D297CE on Iron#D297CESet in #D297CE on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 5.0:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Ink on #D297CEThe 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 Ink still stands clearly off #D297CE 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)