Galactic Federation on Heavy Cream
#330077 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
11.08:1
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 80.8
Clears Lc 75 — body text at a normal size and weight.
Dark text on a lighter ground.
Colour difference
ΔE00 83.2
different colours
Above 10 — related only in the sense that both are colours.
Nothing to fix
This pair already clears 4.5:1, so #330077 can stay exactly as it is. Check another pair.
And to someone missing a cone
protanopia
Ratio 11.54:1, ΔE00 86.6.
deuteranopia
Ratio 10.85:1, ΔE00 83.2.
tritanopia
Ratio 10.97:1, ΔE00 85.3.
The weakest of the three is deuteranopia, where the two are ΔE00 83.2 apart against 83.2 for a trichromat — still clearly two colours.
Both colours have pages of their own: Galactic Federation ·Heavy Cream · the same pair the other way round ·all pairs