chromary

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

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Three hues evenly spaced around the wheel, 120 degrees apart, at full punch.

Triad · Three, evenly spaced.

supportButterCH 0042 · #FFE066
accent≈ Sky Flash#38D6F8
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
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#D79EC8 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 #D79EC8#D79EC8Set in Ink on #D79EC8, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 60 · 8.9:1 WCAG AAA
#D79EC8 on Ink#D79EC8Set in #D79EC8 on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 59 · 8.9:1 WCAG AAA
Eggplant on #D79EC8#D79EC8Set in Eggplant on #D79EC8, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 6.3:1 WCAG AA
#D79EC8 on Eggplant#D79EC8Set in #D79EC8 on Eggplant, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 6.3:1 WCAG AA
#D79EC8 on Iron#D79EC8Set in #D79EC8 on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.3:1 WCAG AA
Iron on #D79EC8#D79EC8Set in Iron on #D79EC8, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.3:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Ink on #D79EC8

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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)