chromary

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

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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.

supportFuchsia FrostCH 0522 · #FAE2FD
neutralMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperPink MistCH 0519 · #EFE8F5
claim its number≈ MauveAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Mauve #E0B0FF.chromary

Named neighbors

MauveCH 0091
DeluluCH 0596

Named opposites

PistachioCH 0062
Acid OliveCH 0104

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.

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How It Reads#D398FF 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 #D398FF#D398FFSet in Ink on #D398FF, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 61 · 9.0:1 WCAG AAA
#D398FF on Ink#D398FFSet in #D398FF on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 59 · 9.0:1 WCAG AAA
Black Grape on #D398FF#D398FFSet in Black Grape on #D398FF, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 6.5:1 WCAG AA
#D398FF on Black Grape#D398FFSet in #D398FF on Black Grape, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 6.5:1 WCAG AA
#D398FF on Iron#D398FFSet in #D398FF on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.4:1 WCAG AA
Iron on #D398FF#D398FFSet in Iron on #D398FF, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.4:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Ink on #D398FF

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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)