chromary

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

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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.

supportGreigeCH 0574 · #C5BCB0
neutralY2K ChromeCH 0591 · #B3BCC9
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperPink MilkCH 0556 · #F5E7EC
claim its number≈ LilacAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Lilac #C8A2C8.chromary

Color Values

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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#DFA2B2 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 #DFA2B2#DFA2B2Set in Charcoal on #DFA2B2, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 62 · 8.9:1
#DFA2B2 on Charcoal#DFA2B2Set in #DFA2B2 on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 60 · 8.9:1
Espresso on #DFA2B2#DFA2B2Set in Espresso on #DFA2B2, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 5.8:1
#DFA2B2 on Espresso#DFA2B2Set in #DFA2B2 on Espresso, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 5.8:1
#DFA2B2 on Clay#DFA2B2Set in #DFA2B2 on Clay, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 4.4:1
Clay on #DFA2B2#DFA2B2Set in Clay on #DFA2B2, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 48 · 4.4:1

For every eye: Charcoal on #DFA2B2

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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)