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

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Three hues evenly spaced around the wheel, 120 degrees apart, at full punch.

Triad · Three, evenly spaced.

supportLemonCH 0040 · #FFF44F
accent≈ Sky#35CDF8
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#DC9FC4 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 #DC9FC4#DC9FC4Set in Charcoal on #DC9FC4, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 61 · 8.7:1
#DC9FC4 on Charcoal#DC9FC4Set in #DC9FC4 on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 60 · 8.7:1
Espresso on #DC9FC4#DC9FC4Set in Espresso on #DC9FC4, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 5.9:1
#DC9FC4 on Espresso#DC9FC4Set in #DC9FC4 on Espresso, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 5.9:1
#DC9FC4 on Iron#DC9FC4Set in #DC9FC4 on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.5:1
Iron on #DC9FC4#DC9FC4Set in Iron on #DC9FC4, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.5:1

For every eye: Charcoal on #DC9FC4

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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)