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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
neutralMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperPink MilkCH 0556 · #F5E7EC
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#D59EBE 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 #D59EBE#D59EBESet in Charcoal on #D59EBE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 60 · 8.4:1
#D59EBE on Charcoal#D59EBESet in #D59EBE on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 58 · 8.4:1
Espresso on #D59EBE#D59EBESet in Espresso on #D59EBE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.8:1
#D59EBE on Espresso#D59EBESet in #D59EBE on Espresso, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.8:1
Iron on #D59EBE#D59EBESet in Iron on #D59EBE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.3:1
#D59EBE on Iron#D59EBESet in #D59EBE on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.3:1

For every eye: Charcoal on #D59EBE

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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)