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Ultraviolet

CH · official brand color of chromary

Your hue turned 15 degrees toward the cool side of the wheel, then 30. Lightness and chroma stay put.

Cooler · One step into the shade, then two.

supportElectric VioletCH 0468 · #7C3EF1
neutral≈ Bright Azure#384EFF
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperClub SodaCH 0580 · #E5F0FC
chromaryUltravioletCH 0082 · chromary.app ↗Just past what the eye allows.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 ReadsUltraviolet set as type with chromary's own palette, 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.

Paper on UltravioletchromarySet in Paper on Ultraviolet, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 73 · 5.1:1 WCAG AA
Ultraviolet on PaperchromarySet in Ultraviolet on Paper, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 68 · 5.1:1 WCAG AA
Sun on UltravioletchromarySet in Sun on Ultraviolet, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 56 · 4.0:1 WCAG AA large
Ultraviolet on SunchromarySet in Ultraviolet on Sun, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 4.0:1 WCAG AA large
Dust on Ultravioletchromary
Display sizesLc 44 · 3.3:1 WCAG AA large
Ultraviolet on Dustchromary
Display sizesLc 42 · 3.3:1 WCAG AA large

For every eye: Paper on UltravioletThe 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 Paper still stands clearly off Ultraviolet 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)
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