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, loud, then in your register.

accentAquaCH 0066 · #00FFFF
supportLagoon MistCH 0118 · #82CBB2
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
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#DBA3A4 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 #DBA3A4#DBA3A4Set in Charcoal on #DBA3A4, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 61 · 8.7:1
#DBA3A4 on Charcoal#DBA3A4Set in #DBA3A4 on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 60 · 8.7:1
Espresso on #DBA3A4#DBA3A4Set in Espresso on #DBA3A4, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 5.7:1
#DBA3A4 on Espresso#DBA3A4Set in #DBA3A4 on Espresso, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.7:1
#DBA3A4 on Clay#DBA3A4Set in #DBA3A4 on Clay, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 48 · 4.3:1
Clay on #DBA3A4#DBA3A4Set in Clay on #DBA3A4, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 47 · 4.3:1

For every eye: Charcoal on #DBA3A4

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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)