chromary

≈ FlamingoText: 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.

supportLilacCH 0088 · #C8A2C8
neutralY2K ChromeCH 0591 · #B3BCC9
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ FlamingoAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Flamingo #FC8EAC.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#EE95DA 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 #EE95DA#EE95DASet in Ink on #EE95DA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 62 · 9.3:1 WCAG AAA
#EE95DA on Ink#EE95DASet in #EE95DA on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 60 · 9.3:1 WCAG AAA
#EE95DA on Damson#EE95DASet in #EE95DA on Damson, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 5.9:1 WCAG AA
Damson on #EE95DA#EE95DASet in Damson on #EE95DA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 5.9:1 WCAG AA
#EE95DA on Iron#EE95DASet in #EE95DA on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.5:1 WCAG AA
Iron on #EE95DA#EE95DASet in Iron on #EE95DA, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.5:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Ink on #EE95DAThe 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 Ink still stands clearly off #EE95DA 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)