chromary

≈ Lavender

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Your hue, darker and deeper: down 0.15 in lightness at nine tenths of the chroma, then down 0.30 at three quarters.

Shades · Darker and deeper, twice.

supportLo-FiCH 0597 · #B49BC8
neutralDuskCH 0642 · #8F729F
nightNight SkyCH 0667 · #0B1322
paperClub SodaCH 0580 · #E5F0FC
claim its number≈ LavenderAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Lavender #E6E6FA.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#DCD7FE 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.

#DCD7FE on Night Sky#DCD7FESet in #DCD7FE on Night Sky, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 84 · 13.4:1 WCAG AAA
Night Sky on #DCD7FE#DCD7FESet in Night Sky on #DCD7FE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 84 · 13.4:1 WCAG AAA
#DCD7FE on Gunmetal#DCD7FESet in #DCD7FE on Gunmetal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 76 · 8.1:1 WCAG AAA
Gunmetal on #DCD7FE#DCD7FESet in Gunmetal on #DCD7FE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 74 · 8.1:1 WCAG AAA
#DCD7FE on Plum Taupe#DCD7FESet in #DCD7FE on Plum Taupe, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 65 · 4.9:1 WCAG AA
Plum Taupe on #DCD7FE#DCD7FESet in Plum Taupe on #DCD7FE, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 62 · 4.9:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: #DCD7FE on Night SkyThe 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 #DCD7FE still stands clearly off Night Sky 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)