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

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Secondary

SecondaryFuchsiaCH 0503 · #9B28DF
SecondaryRoseCH 0022 · #F33A6A

Tertiary

TertiaryNeon BlushCH 0552 · #FBB7D4
Tertiary≈ Faded Rose#B06F9D
TertiaryPlumCH 0086 · #8E4585
TertiaryDamsonCH 0117 · #5D1451

Neutrals

NeutralCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
NeutralIronCH 0562 · #383838
NeutralTaupeCH 0100 · #8B8589
NeutralDustCH 0568 · #C4C4C4
NeutralMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
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#E39BCD 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.

Charcoal on #E39BCD#E39BCDSet in Charcoal on #E39BCD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 61 · 8.7:1 WCAG AAA
#E39BCD on Charcoal#E39BCDSet in #E39BCD on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 59 · 8.7:1 WCAG AAA
#E39BCD on Damson#E39BCDSet in #E39BCD on Damson, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.8:1 WCAG AA
Damson on #E39BCD#E39BCDSet in Damson on #E39BCD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.8:1 WCAG AA
#E39BCD on Iron#E39BCDSet in #E39BCD on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.4:1 WCAG AA
Iron on #E39BCD#E39BCDSet in Iron on #E39BCD, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.4:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Charcoal on #E39BCDThe 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 Charcoal still stands clearly off #E39BCD 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)