Belladonna on Nougat
#220011 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
6.23:1
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 44.9
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 47.2
different colours
Above 10 — related only in the sense that both are colours.
Nothing to fix
This pair already clears 4.5:1, so #220011 can stay exactly as it is. Check another pair.
And to someone missing a cone
protanopia
Ratio 6.09:1, ΔE00 46.9.
deuteranopia
Ratio 6.30:1, ΔE00 47.6.
tritanopia
Ratio 6.34:1, ΔE00 50.7.
The weakest of the three is protanopia, where the two are ΔE00 46.9 apart against 47.2 for a trichromat — still clearly two colours.
Both colours have pages of their own: Belladonna ·Nougat · the same pair the other way round ·all pairs