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Color & contrast

Published contrast 15.24:1 — passes AA at any text size.

B clears AA on A as published — the interface uses it uncorrected.

Dim / secondary text sits at 4.65:1.

Body text · needs 4.5:1 · passes
Large text · needs 3:1 · passes
Handgloves
16px · passes AA

The pair exactly as published, at the size you drag to. AA needs 4.5:1 for body, 3:1 at large sizes (24px+).

AB
Hex#F2F1ED#1C1B18
RGBrgb(242, 241, 237)rgb(28, 27, 24)
HSLhsl(48, 16%, 94%)hsl(45, 8%, 10%)

Published 12 Aug 2026.

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The pair as published — paste it into your stack. Where the AA-corrected ink differs, it's labelled, never swapped in silently. “Badge” embeds a live SVG of the pair and its rating.


    
  



    
On screen vs on paper

    
A backlit display flatters a pair; paper doesn't. Warm stock instead of #FFFFFF, a smaller gamut, lower contrast — this is where the verdict often changes.

    

      

        
HandglovesThe quick brown fox.

        
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HandglovesThe quick brown fox.

        
On paper — approximate

      

    

    
An approximation of warm stock, reduced gamut and lower contrast — not a color-managed proof, and no claim about a specific press. For signage at distance, shrink the specimen with the size slider above.

  



    
Momentum

    
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Ranking

    
Rating 1484 · 1 matchup · 0% neither.

    
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Color-blind view

    
Contrast is a luminance ratio, and color blindness keeps luminance — so it barely moves below. What moves is distinguishability: how far apart the two colors stay (ΔE). That is the number to watch, and why this section exists. You can publish any of these as its own pair.

    

  



    
Live specimen

    

      
Almost before we knew it

      
The pair at the sizes real interface text gets used — a heading, a line of body copy, and a button. If all three hold up here, the pair works.

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