Quiet Abyss on Salted Capers
#160435 on #a69151
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
6.16:1
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 45.2
Clears Lc 45 — large or heavy display text.
Dark text on a lighter ground.
Colour difference
ΔE00 62.4
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 6.05:1, ΔE00 62.9.
deuteranopia
Ratio 6.22:1, ΔE00 63.7.
tritanopia
Ratio 6.46:1, ΔE00 61.7.
The weakest of the three is tritanopia, where the two are ΔE00 61.7 apart against 62.4 for a trichromat — still clearly two colours.
Both colours have pages of their own: Quiet Abyss ·Salted Capers · the same pair the other way round ·all pairs