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.

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#DC9FAB 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 #DC9FAB#DC9FABSet in Charcoal on #DC9FAB, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 60 · 8.6:1
#DC9FAB on Charcoal#DC9FABSet in #DC9FAB on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 59 · 8.6:1
Espresso on #DC9FAB#DC9FABSet in Espresso on #DC9FAB, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.6:1
#DC9FAB on Espresso#DC9FABSet in #DC9FAB on Espresso, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.6:1
#DC9FAB on Clay#DC9FABSet in #DC9FAB on Clay, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 47 · 4.3:1
Clay on #DC9FAB#DC9FABSet in Clay on #DC9FAB, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 46 · 4.3:1

For every eye: Charcoal on #DC9FAB

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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)