Quiet Abyss on Nougat
#160435 on #ae8a78
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
6.08:1
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 44.7
Clears Lc 30 — the floor: below this the draft considers text not readable at any size.
Dark text on a lighter ground.
Colour difference
ΔE00 52.4
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 5.83:1, ΔE00 53.9.
deuteranopia
Ratio 6.21:1, ΔE00 57.1.
tritanopia
Ratio 6.56:1, ΔE00 62.1.
The weakest of the three is protanopia, where the two are ΔE00 53.9 apart against 52.4 for a trichromat — still clearly two colours.
Both colours have pages of their own: Quiet Abyss ·Nougat · the same pair the other way round ·all pairs