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≈ 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, then half again.

supportGreigeCH 0574 · #C5BCB0
neutralY2K ChromeCH 0591 · #B3BCC9
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperPink MilkCH 0556 · #F5E7EC
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#DBA5BB 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 #DBA5BB#DBA5BBSet in Charcoal on #DBA5BB, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 63 · 9.0:1
#DBA5BB on Charcoal#DBA5BBSet in #DBA5BB on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 61 · 9.0:1
#DBA5BB on Espresso#DBA5BBSet in #DBA5BB on Espresso, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 5.9:1
Espresso on #DBA5BB#DBA5BBSet in Espresso on #DBA5BB, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 5.9:1
#DBA5BB on Asphalt#DBA5BBSet in #DBA5BB on Asphalt, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 4.7:1
Asphalt on #DBA5BB#DBA5BBSet in Asphalt on #DBA5BB, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 50 · 4.7:1

For every eye: Charcoal on #DBA5BB

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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)