Quiet Abyss on Neon Boneyard
#160435 on #dfc5fe
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
12.29:1
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 77.5
Clears Lc 75 — body text at a normal size and weight.
Dark text on a lighter ground.
Colour difference
ΔE00 73.2
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 12.10:1, ΔE00 71.9.
deuteranopia
Ratio 12.39:1, ΔE00 73.9.
tritanopia
Ratio 12.34:1, ΔE00 77.9.
The weakest of the three is protanopia, where the two are ΔE00 71.9 apart against 73.2 for a trichromat — still clearly two colours.
Both colours have pages of their own: Quiet Abyss ·Neon Boneyard · the same pair the other way round ·all pairs