chromary

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

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The hue straight across the wheel. Once at full punch, once in your register: your lightness, and as much chroma as the hue holds there.

Complementary · Straight across the wheel.

accentSeafoamCH 0057 · #78FFB2
supportLagoon MistCH 0118 · #82CBB2
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
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#E59CC6 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 #E59CC6#E59CC6Set in Charcoal on #E59CC6, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 61 · 8.8:1 WCAG AAA
#E59CC6 on Charcoal#E59CC6Set in #E59CC6 on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 60 · 8.8:1 WCAG AAA
#E59CC6 on Damson#E59CC6Set in #E59CC6 on Damson, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.8:1 WCAG AA
Damson on #E59CC6#E59CC6Set in Damson on #E59CC6, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.8:1 WCAG AA
#E59CC6 on Iron#E59CC6Set in #E59CC6 on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.5:1 WCAG AA
Iron on #E59CC6#E59CC6Set in Iron on #E59CC6, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.5:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Charcoal on #E59CC6

#E59CC6
Red-blind (protanopia)
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Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#E59CC6
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#E59CC6
No color (achromatopsia)