chromary

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

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Your hue at half the chroma, then a quarter. Same lightness, so it sits quietly beside you.

Muted companion · Same hue, half the chroma.

supportPebbleCH 0567 · #ABABAB
neutralSilverCH 0578 · #A5AFBA
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#D49EC2 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 #D49EC2#D49EC2Set in Charcoal on #D49EC2, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 60 · 8.4:1
#D49EC2 on Charcoal#D49EC2Set in #D49EC2 on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 58 · 8.4:1
Espresso on #D49EC2#D49EC2Set in Espresso on #D49EC2, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.7:1
#D49EC2 on Espresso#D49EC2Set in #D49EC2 on Espresso, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.7:1
Iron on #D49EC2#D49EC2Set in Iron on #D49EC2, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.3:1
#D49EC2 on Iron#D49EC2Set in #D49EC2 on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.3:1

For every eye: Charcoal on #D49EC2

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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)