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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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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-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.

    

  



    
Make it pass

    
#CBB0D3 on #39665B is 3.31:1 — fails AA for body text. The nearest passing ink is #E3D4E7, which clears 4.5:1 without moving the ground.

    
Handgloves — #E3D4E7

    
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Color & contrast

    
Published contrast 3.31:1 — passes AA for large text only.

    
B is lightened to #E3D4E7 for interface text; the swatch above shows the pair exactly as published.

    
Dim / secondary text sits at 4.60:1.

    

      
Body text · needs 4.5:1 · fails

      
Large text · needs 3:1 · passes

    


    
    

      Handgloves
    

    

      
      16px · fails 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#39665B#CBB0D3

        
RGBrgb(57, 102, 91)rgb(203, 176, 211)

        
HSLhsl(165, 28%, 31%)hsl(286, 28%, 76%)

      
    

    
Published 12 Aug 2026.

    
  



    
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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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