chromary

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

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The hue straight across the wheel. Once at full punch, once in your register: your lightness, and as much chroma as the hue holds there.

Complementary · Straight across the wheel.

accentGlow StickCH 0300 · #4CF53D
supportPistachioCH 0062 · #93C572
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ LilacAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Lilac #C8A2C8.chromary

Named neighbors

LilacCH 0088
Thistle PinkCH 0508

Named opposites

PistachioCH 0062
EmeraldCH 0058

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#D896DD 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 #D896DD#D896DDSet in Ink on #D896DD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 59 · 8.7:1 WCAG AAA
#D896DD on Ink#D896DDSet in #D896DD on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 8.7:1 WCAG AAA
Eggplant on #D896DD#D896DDSet in Eggplant on #D896DD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 7.0:1 WCAG AAA
#D896DD on Eggplant#D896DDSet in #D896DD on Eggplant, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 7.0:1 WCAG AAA
Iron on #D896DD#D896DDSet in Iron on #D896DD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 50 · 5.2:1 WCAG AA
#D896DD on Iron#D896DDSet in #D896DD on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 50 · 5.2:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Ink on #D896DD

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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)