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The Spirit of Ember Black

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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.

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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Color & contrast

Published contrast 5.33:1 — passes AA at any text size.

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

Dim / secondary text sits at 4.52:1.

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#1A1A1A#F25C54
RGBrgb(26, 26, 26)rgb(242, 92, 84)
HSLhsl(0, 0%, 10%)hsl(3, 86%, 64%)

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.


    
  



    
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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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Rating 1484 · 1 matchup · 0% neither.

    
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