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

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Your hue, lighter and quieter: up 0.15 in lightness at three quarters of the chroma, then up 0.30 at half.

Tints · Lighter and quieter, twice.

supportLittle TreatCH 0601 · #F8CDDF
neutralMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperPink MilkCH 0556 · #F5E7EC
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#DE9EAA 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 #DE9EAA#DE9EAASet in Charcoal on #DE9EAA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 60 · 8.5:1
#DE9EAA on Charcoal#DE9EAASet in #DE9EAA on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 59 · 8.5:1
Espresso on #DE9EAA#DE9EAASet in Espresso on #DE9EAA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.6:1
#DE9EAA on Espresso#DE9EAASet in #DE9EAA on Espresso, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.6:1
#DE9EAA on Clay#DE9EAASet in #DE9EAA on Clay, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 47 · 4.3:1
Clay on #DE9EAA#DE9EAASet in Clay on #DE9EAA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 46 · 4.3:1

For every eye: Charcoal on #DE9EAA

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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)