Quiet Abyss on Cyantific
#160435 on #77c9c2
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
9.90:1
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 66.2
Clears Lc 60 — headlines and other larger text.
Dark text on a lighter ground.
Colour difference
ΔE00 69.9
different colours
Above 10 — related only in the sense that both are colours.
Nothing to fix
This pair already clears 4.5:1, so #160435 can stay exactly as it is. Check another pair.
And to someone missing a cone
protanopia
Ratio 10.83:1, ΔE00 69.4.
deuteranopia
Ratio 9.42:1, ΔE00 62.1.
tritanopia
Ratio 8.70:1, ΔE00 58.5.
The weakest of the three is tritanopia, where the two are ΔE00 58.5 apart against 69.9 for a trichromat — still clearly two colours.
Both colours have pages of their own: Quiet Abyss ·Cyantific · the same pair the other way round ·all pairs