chromary

≈ OrchidText: 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.

accentGlow StickCH 0300 · #4CF53D
supportEmeraldCH 0058 · #50C878
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ OrchidAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Orchid #DA70D6.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#E78FEB 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 #E78FEB#E78FEBSet in Ink on #E78FEB, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 60 · 8.9:1 WCAG AAA
#E78FEB on Ink#E78FEBSet in #E78FEB on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 58 · 8.9:1 WCAG AAA
Damson on #E78FEB#E78FEBSet in Damson on #E78FEB, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.6:1 WCAG AA
#E78FEB on Damson#E78FEBSet in #E78FEB on Damson, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.6:1 WCAG AA
Iron on #E78FEB#E78FEBSet in Iron on #E78FEB, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.3:1 WCAG AA
#E78FEB on Iron#E78FEBSet in #E78FEB on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.3:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Ink on #E78FEB

#E78FEB
Red-blind (protanopia)
#E78FEB
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#E78FEB
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#E78FEB
No color (achromatopsia)