Endless Galaxy on Flash in the Pan
#000044 on #ff9977
Body text at this size
And the smaller size most interfaces actually use for paragraphs — the size that decides whether a pair is usable.
Caption text, which almost nothing passes.
WCAG 2.1
9.30:1
Passes AA for body text
AAA too. Swapping the two colours gives the same number — the ratio does not know which is the text.
APCA
Lc 62.2
Clears Lc 60 — headlines and other larger text.
Dark text on a lighter ground.
Colour difference
ΔE00 71.6
different colours
Above 10 — related only in the sense that both are colours.
Nothing to fix
This pair already clears 4.5:1, so #000044 can stay exactly as it is. Check another pair.
And to someone missing a cone
protanopia
Ratio 7.94:1, ΔE00 70.7.
deuteranopia
Ratio 10.02:1, ΔE00 82.0.
tritanopia
Ratio 12.14:1, ΔE00 96.1.
The weakest of the three is protanopia, where the two are ΔE00 70.7 apart against 71.6 for a trichromat — still clearly two colours.
Both colours have pages of their own: Endless Galaxy ·Flash in the Pan · the same pair the other way round ·all pairs