chromary

≈ LilacText: 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.

supportLittle TreatCH 0601 · #F8CDDF
neutralMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperBaby PinkCH 0555 · #F5E6F0
claim its number≈ LilacAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Lilac #C8A2C8.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#D49EC6 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 #D49EC6#D49EC6Set in Ink on #D49EC6, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 60 · 8.8:1 WCAG AAA
#D49EC6 on Ink#D49EC6Set in #D49EC6 on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 58 · 8.8:1 WCAG AAA
Eggplant on #D49EC6#D49EC6Set in Eggplant on #D49EC6, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 6.2:1 WCAG AA
#D49EC6 on Eggplant#D49EC6Set in #D49EC6 on Eggplant, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 6.2:1 WCAG AA
Iron on #D49EC6#D49EC6Set in Iron on #D49EC6, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.3:1 WCAG AA
#D49EC6 on Iron#D49EC6Set in #D49EC6 on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.3:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Ink on #D49EC6The 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 #D49EC6 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)