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≈ Pink Violet

no CH number yet · claim this color and its own CH number

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

Muted companion · Same hue, half the chroma.

support≈ Dusk#B36E9A
neutralTaupeCH 0100 · #8B8589
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ Pink VioletAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Pink Violet #C94CBE.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#D646AA 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.

Milk on #D646AA#D646AASet in Milk on #D646AA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 62 · 3.5:1 WCAG AA large
Lemon on #D646AA#D646AASet in Lemon on #D646AA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 61 · 3.4:1 WCAG AA large
#D646AA on Milk#D646AASet in #D646AA on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 58 · 3.5:1 WCAG AA large
#D646AA on Lemon#D646AASet in #D646AA on Lemon, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 56 · 3.4:1 WCAG AA large
Pink Pop on #D646AA#D646AA
Display sizesLc 37 · 2.4:1 fails WCAG
#D646AA on Pink Pop#D646AA
Display sizesLc 35 · 2.4:1 fails WCAG

For every eye: Milk on #D646AAThe 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 Milk still stands clearly off #D646AA 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)