Chocolate Castle on Double Denim

#452207 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

7.11:1

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 60.0

Clears Lc 60 — headlines and other larger text.

Dark text on a lighter ground.

Colour difference

ΔE00 64.4

different colours

Above 10 — related only in the sense that both are colours.

Nothing to fix

This pair already clears 4.5:1, so #452207 can stay exactly as it is. Check another pair.

And to someone missing a cone

protanopia

Body text

Ratio 7.91:1, ΔE00 66.0.

deuteranopia

Body text

Ratio 6.73:1, ΔE00 64.4.

tritanopia

Body text

Ratio 5.85:1, ΔE00 67.6.

The weakest of the three is deuteranopia, where the two are ΔE00 64.4 apart against 64.4 for a trichromat — still clearly two colours.

Both colours have pages of their own: Chocolate Castle ·Double Denim · the same pair the other way round ·all pairs