Shadow Play on Double Denim
#2d1403 on #95bce1
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
8.70:1
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 63.4
Clears Lc 60 — headlines and other larger text.
Dark text on a lighter ground.
Colour difference
ΔE00 66.4
different colours
Above 10 — related only in the sense that both are colours.
Nothing to fix
This pair already clears 4.5:1, so #2d1403 can stay exactly as it is. Check another pair.
And to someone missing a cone
protanopia
Ratio 9.39:1, ΔE00 66.8.
deuteranopia
Ratio 8.36:1, ΔE00 65.3.
tritanopia
Ratio 7.60:1, ΔE00 67.7.
The weakest of the three is deuteranopia, where the two are ΔE00 65.3 apart against 66.4 for a trichromat — still clearly two colours.
Both colours have pages of their own: Shadow Play ·Double Denim · the same pair the other way round ·all pairs