chromary

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

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Your hue turned 15 degrees toward the warm side of the wheel, then 30. Lightness and chroma stay put.

Warmer · One step toward the sun, then two.

support≈ Watermelon#DA96AF
neutral≈ Strawberry#DE96A0
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
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#D397BE 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 #D397BE#D397BESet in Charcoal on #D397BE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 8.0:1
#D397BE on Charcoal#D397BESet in #D397BE on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 8.0:1
Espresso on #D397BE#D397BESet in Espresso on #D397BE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.5:1
#D397BE on Espresso#D397BESet in #D397BE on Espresso, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 50 · 5.5:1
Iron on #D397BE#D397BESet in Iron on #D397BE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 5.0:1
#D397BE on Iron#D397BESet in #D397BE on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 5.0:1

For every eye: Charcoal on #D397BE

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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)