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≈ 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
neutralOrchid MilkCH 0520 · #F3E6F5
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ LilacAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Lilac #C8A2C8.chromary

Named neighbors

LilacCH 0088
Lo-FiCH 0597

Named opposites

Lagoon MistCH 0118
SpringCH 0327

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#D599BE 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.

Charcoal on #D599BE#D599BESet in Charcoal on #D599BE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 8.1:1 WCAG AAA
#D599BE on Charcoal#D599BESet in #D599BE on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 56 · 8.1:1 WCAG AAA
Espresso on #D599BE#D599BESet in Espresso on #D599BE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.6:1 WCAG AA
#D599BE on Espresso#D599BESet in #D599BE on Espresso, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.6:1 WCAG AA
Iron on #D599BE#D599BESet in Iron on #D599BE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 5.0:1 WCAG AA
#D599BE on Iron#D599BESet in #D599BE on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 5.0:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Charcoal on #D599BE

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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)