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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.

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Make it pass

#D61F54 on #140613 is 3.93:1 — fails AA for body text. The nearest passing ink is #E13265, which clears 4.5:1 without moving the ground.

Handgloves — #E13265

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Rating 1516 · 1 matchup · 0% neither.

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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.

Color & contrast

Published contrast 3.93:1 — passes AA for large text only.

B is lightened to #E13265 for interface text; the swatch above shows the pair exactly as published.

Dim / secondary text sits at 4.55:1.

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#140613#D61F54
RGBrgb(20, 6, 19)rgb(214, 31, 84)
HSLhsl(304, 54%, 5%)hsl(343, 75%, 48%)

Published 12 Aug 2026.

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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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