Intergalactic Cowboy on Hint of Blue
#222266 on #cee1f2
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
10.53:1
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 81.3
Clears Lc 75 — body text at a normal size and weight.
Dark text on a lighter ground.
Colour difference
ΔE00 70.8
different colours
Above 10 — related only in the sense that both are colours.
Nothing to fix
This pair already clears 4.5:1, so #222266 can stay exactly as it is. Check another pair.
And to someone missing a cone
protanopia
Ratio 10.73:1, ΔE00 71.8.
deuteranopia
Ratio 10.43:1, ΔE00 71.1.
tritanopia
Ratio 10.19:1, ΔE00 69.8.
The weakest of the three is tritanopia, where the two are ΔE00 69.8 apart against 70.8 for a trichromat — still clearly two colours.
Both colours have pages of their own: Intergalactic Cowboy ·Hint of Blue · the same pair the other way round ·all pairs