Abyssal Waters on Heavy Cream
#005765 on #e8ddc6
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
6.11:1
Passes AA for body text
Not AAA (7:1). Swapping the two colours gives the same number — the ratio does not know which is the text.
APCA
Lc 68.5
Clears Lc 60 — headlines and other larger text.
Dark text on a lighter ground.
Colour difference
ΔE00 54.5
different colours
Above 10 — related only in the sense that both are colours.
Nothing to fix
This pair already clears 4.5:1, so #005765 can stay exactly as it is. Check another pair.
And to someone missing a cone
protanopia
Ratio 5.59:1, ΔE00 49.8.
deuteranopia
Ratio 6.42:1, ΔE00 56.0.
tritanopia
Ratio 6.26:1, ΔE00 75.7.
The weakest of the three is protanopia, where the two are ΔE00 49.8 apart against 54.5 for a trichromat — still clearly two colours.
Both colours have pages of their own: Abyssal Waters ·Heavy Cream · the same pair the other way round ·all pairs