Olympian Blue on Heavy Cream

#1c4c8c on #e8ddc6

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

6.33:1

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 69.5

Clears Lc 60 — headlines and other larger text.

Dark text on a lighter ground.

Colour difference

ΔE00 59.3

different colours

Above 10 — related only in the sense that both are colours.

Nothing to fix

This pair already clears 4.5:1, so #1c4c8c can stay exactly as it is. Check another pair.

And to someone missing a cone

protanopia

Body text

Ratio 5.94:1, ΔE00 59.2.

deuteranopia

Body text

Ratio 6.56:1, ΔE00 63.0.

tritanopia

Body text

Ratio 6.44:1, ΔE00 77.4.

The weakest of the three is protanopia, where the two are ΔE00 59.2 apart against 59.3 for a trichromat — still clearly two colours.

Both colours have pages of their own: Olympian Blue ·Heavy Cream · the same pair the other way round ·all pairs