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

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Secondary

SecondaryElectric VioletCH 0468 · #7C3EF1
SecondaryHot PinkCH 0025 · #FF1493

Tertiary

TertiaryMagenta FlashCH 0516 · #F1B5FA
Tertiary≈ Orchid Pop#AD5CAC
Tertiary≈ Plum#7C327C
TertiaryDamsonCH 0117 · #5D1451

Neutrals

NeutralInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
NeutralIronCH 0562 · #383838
NeutralTaupeCH 0100 · #8B8589
NeutralDustCH 0568 · #C4C4C4
NeutralMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ OrchidAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Orchid #DA70D6.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#E187DF 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 #E187DF#E187DFSet in Ink on #E187DF, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 56 · 8.1:1 WCAG AAA
#E187DF on Ink#E187DFSet in #E187DF on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 8.1:1 WCAG AAA
Damson on #E187DF#E187DFSet in Damson on #E187DF, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 48 · 5.1:1 WCAG AA
#E187DF on Damson#E187DFSet in #E187DF on Damson, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 47 · 5.1:1 WCAG AA
Iron on #E187DF#E187DFSet in Iron on #E187DF, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 47 · 4.8:1 WCAG AA
#E187DF on Iron#E187DFSet in #E187DF on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 47 · 4.8:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Ink on #E187DFThe 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 #E187DF 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)