Black Sabbath on Super Pink
#220022 on #ce6ba6
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
5.75:1
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 42.6
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 44.2
different colours
Above 10 — related only in the sense that both are colours.
Nothing to fix
This pair already clears 4.5:1, so #220022 can stay exactly as it is. Check another pair.
And to someone missing a cone
protanopia
Ratio 4.98:1, ΔE00 38.3.
deuteranopia
Ratio 6.15:1, ΔE00 44.8.
tritanopia
Ratio 7.01:1, ΔE00 54.2.
The weakest of the three is protanopia, where the two are ΔE00 38.3 apart against 44.2 for a trichromat — still clearly two colours.
Both colours have pages of their own: Black Sabbath ·Super Pink · the same pair the other way round ·all pairs