chromary

≈ CarnationText: 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.

supportSunshineCH 0263 · #E9CE3C
accentSky FlashCH 0407 · #79DEFA
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ CarnationAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Carnation #D47BBC.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#E082CD 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.

Ink on #E082CD#E082CDSet in Ink on #E082CD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 7.7:1 WCAG AAA
#E082CD on Ink#E082CDSet in #E082CD on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 7.7:1 WCAG AAA
Eggplant on #E082CD#E082CDSet in Eggplant on #E082CD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 50 · 6.2:1 WCAG AA
#E082CD on Eggplant#E082CDSet in #E082CD on Eggplant, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 6.2:1 WCAG AA
Milk on #E082CD#E082CDSet in Milk on #E082CD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 46 · 2.2:1 fails WCAG
Iron on #E082CD#E082CDSet in Iron on #E082CD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 45 · 4.6:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Ink on #E082CDThe 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 Ink still stands clearly off #E082CD 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)