chromary

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

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The neighbors, 30 degrees either side of your hue, at full punch.

Analogous · The neighbors.

supportElectric VioletCH 0468 · #7C3EF1
supportHot PinkCH 0025 · #FF1493
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ OrchidAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Orchid #DA70D6.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#F06DE9 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 #F06DE9#F06DE9Set in Ink on #F06DE9, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 7.5:1 WCAG AAA
#F06DE9 on Ink#F06DE9Set in #F06DE9 on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 7.5:1 WCAG AAA
Milk on #F06DE9#F06DE9Set in Milk on #F06DE9, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 46 · 2.3:1 fails WCAG
Damson on #F06DE9#F06DE9Set in Damson on #F06DE9, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 45 · 4.7:1 WCAG AA
#F06DE9 on Damson#F06DE9
Display sizesLc 44 · 4.7:1 WCAG AA
Iron on #F06DE9#F06DE9
Display sizesLc 44 · 4.5:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Ink on #F06DE9The 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 #F06DE9 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)