chromary

≈ 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
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperPink MistCH 0519 · #EFE8F5
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#D899DF 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 #D899DF#D899DFSet in Ink on #D899DF, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 60 · 8.9:1 WCAG AAA
#D899DF on Ink#D899DFSet in #D899DF on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 58 · 8.9:1 WCAG AAA
Eggplant on #D899DF#D899DFSet in Eggplant on #D899DF, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 56 · 7.2:1 WCAG AAA
#D899DF on Eggplant#D899DFSet in #D899DF on Eggplant, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 56 · 7.2:1 WCAG AAA
Iron on #D899DF#D899DFSet in Iron on #D899DF, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.3:1 WCAG AA
#D899DF on Iron#D899DFSet in #D899DF on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.3:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Ink on #D899DF

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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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