Quiet Abyss on Porcini
#160435 on #d9ae86
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
9.38:1
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 63.5
Clears Lc 60 — headlines and other larger text.
Dark text on a lighter ground.
Colour difference
ΔE00 70.1
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 8.97:1, ΔE00 70.6.
deuteranopia
Ratio 9.60:1, ΔE00 74.3.
tritanopia
Ratio 10.24:1, ΔE00 77.4.
The weakest of the three is protanopia, where the two are ΔE00 70.6 apart against 70.1 for a trichromat — still clearly two colours.
Both colours have pages of their own: Quiet Abyss ·Porcini · the same pair the other way round ·all pairs