chromary

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

no CH number yet · claim this color and its own CH number

Your hue at half the chroma, then a quarter. Same lightness, so it sits quietly beside you.

Muted companion · Same hue, half the chroma.

support≈ Y2K Chrome#D1A9C3
neutralGreigeCH 0574 · #C5BCB0
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#E899CF 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) and the WCAG 2 ratio, for anyone working to a standard.

Charcoal on #E899CF#E899CFSet in Charcoal on #E899CF, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 62 · 8.8:1
#E899CF on Charcoal#E899CFSet in #E899CF on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 60 · 8.8:1
#E899CF on Damson#E899CFSet in #E899CF on Damson, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 5.9:1
Damson on #E899CF#E899CFSet in Damson on #E899CF, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 5.9:1
#E899CF on Iron#E899CFSet in #E899CF on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.5:1
Iron on #E899CF#E899CFSet in Iron on #E899CF, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.5:1

For every eye: Charcoal on #E899CF

#E899CF
Red-blind (protanopia)
#E899CF
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#E899CF
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#E899CF
No color (achromatopsia)