chromary

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

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

Muted companion · Same hue, half the chroma.

supportLo-FiCH 0597 · #B49BC8
neutralPebbleCH 0567 · #ABABAB
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
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#DB91BD 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 #DB91BD#DB91BDSet in Charcoal on #DB91BD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 56 · 7.8:1
#DB91BD on Charcoal#DB91BDSet in #DB91BD on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 7.8:1
Damson on #DB91BD#DB91BDSet in Damson on #DB91BD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 48 · 5.2:1
#DB91BD on Damson#DB91BDSet in #DB91BD on Damson, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 48 · 5.2:1
Iron on #DB91BD#DB91BDSet in Iron on #DB91BD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 48 · 4.9:1
#DB91BD on Iron#DB91BDSet in #DB91BD on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 48 · 4.9:1

For every eye: Charcoal on #DB91BD

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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)