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The Spirit of Quicksilver

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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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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.
On screen
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.

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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.


    
  



    
Color & contrast

    
Published contrast 16.83:1 — passes AA at any text size.

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

    
Dim / secondary text sits at 5.84:1.

    

      
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#050507#E9E9EE

        
RGBrgb(5, 5, 7)rgb(233, 233, 238)

        
HSLhsl(240, 17%, 2%)hsl(240, 13%, 92%)

      
    

    
Published 27 Oct 2026.

    
  



    
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