chromary

≈ Pink Violet

no CH number yet · claim this color and its own CH number

Your hue turned 15 degrees toward the cool side of the wheel, then 30. Lightness and chroma stay put.

Cooler · One step into the shade, then two.

support≈ Neon Pink#CD4ABD
neutral≈ Aconite#BB54D8
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperPink MilkCH 0556 · #F5E7EC
claim its number≈ Pink VioletAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Pink Violet #C94CBE.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#DC429E 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.

Lemon on #DC429E#DC429ESet in Lemon on #DC429E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 61 · 3.4:1 WCAG AA large
Pink Milk on #DC429E#DC429ESet in Pink Milk on #DC429E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 3.2:1 WCAG AA large
#DC429E on Lemon#DC429ESet in #DC429E on Lemon, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 56 · 3.4:1 WCAG AA large
#DC429E on Pink Milk#DC429ESet in #DC429E on Pink Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 3.2:1 WCAG AA large
Pink Pop on #DC429E#DC429E
Display sizesLc 37 · 2.4:1 fails WCAG
#DC429E on Pink Pop#DC429E
Display sizesLc 35 · 2.4:1 fails WCAG

For every eye: Lemon on #DC429EThe strongest pairing above, as people with color blindness see it. About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women are color blind, most of them red-blind or green-blind, so reds and greens can look alike to them; blue-blind and no-color vision are rare. Each tile simulates the strongest form of one type (after Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes, 2009); most people who have it see a milder version. If Lemon still stands clearly off #DC429E in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

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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)