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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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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.

  



    
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Color & contrast

    
Published contrast 10.42:1 — passes AA at any text size.

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

    
Dim / secondary text sits at 4.63:1.

    

      
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#12211F#9FD8CB

        
RGBrgb(18, 33, 31)rgb(159, 216, 203)

        
HSLhsl(172, 29%, 10%)hsl(166, 42%, 74%)

      
    

    
Published 12 Aug 2026.

    
  



    

      
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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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