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≈ Violet Frost

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Four hues at right angles, a square on the wheel, at full punch.

Tetrad · Four corners of the wheel.

supportPunchCH 0023 · #FF385C
accentLemonCH 0040 · #FFF44F
neutralAquaCH 0066 · #00FFFF
nightNight SkyCH 0667 · #0B1322
paperClub SodaCH 0580 · #E5F0FC
claim its number≈ Violet FrostAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Violet Frost #E7EAFD.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#EDECFF 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.

#EDECFF on Night Sky#EDECFFSet in #EDECFF on Night Sky, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 95 · 15.9:1 WCAG AAA
Night Sky on #EDECFF#EDECFFSet in Night Sky on #EDECFF, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 94 · 15.9:1 WCAG AAA
#EDECFF on Gunmetal#EDECFFSet in #EDECFF on Gunmetal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 88 · 9.6:1 WCAG AAA
Gunmetal on #EDECFF#EDECFFSet in Gunmetal on #EDECFF, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 85 · 9.6:1 WCAG AAA
#EDECFF on Shale#EDECFFSet in #EDECFF on Shale, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 73 · 5.1:1 WCAG AA
Shale on #EDECFF#EDECFFSet in Shale on #EDECFF, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 69 · 5.1:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: #EDECFF on Night SkyThe 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 #EDECFF still stands clearly off Night Sky in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

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