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≈ Light Lavender

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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.

supportFeatherCH 0569 · #D7D7D7
neutralBoneCH 0011 · #E6E1D6
nightNight SkyCH 0667 · #0B1322
paperClub SodaCH 0580 · #E5F0FC
claim its number≈ Light LavenderAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Light Lavender #CECAE7.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#DDD6FC 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.

#DDD6FC on Night Sky#DDD6FCSet in #DDD6FC on Night Sky, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 83 · 13.3:1 WCAG AAA
Night Sky on #DDD6FC#DDD6FCSet in Night Sky on #DDD6FC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 83 · 13.3:1 WCAG AAA
#DDD6FC on Gunmetal#DDD6FCSet in #DDD6FC on Gunmetal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 76 · 8.0:1 WCAG AAA
Gunmetal on #DDD6FC#DDD6FCSet in Gunmetal on #DDD6FC, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 74 · 8.0:1 WCAG AAA
#DDD6FC on Plum Taupe#DDD6FCSet in #DDD6FC on Plum Taupe, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 65 · 4.9:1 WCAG AA
#DDD6FC on Bright Azure#DDD6FCSet in #DDD6FC on Bright Azure, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 62 · 4.6:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: #DDD6FC 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 #DDD6FC 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)
#DDD6FC
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
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No color (achromatopsia)