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Sienna Slate Nocturne

Rating 1516 · 1 matchup.

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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 colour-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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Make it pass

#224062 on #998670 is 3.03:1 — fails AA for body text. The nearest passing ink is #122235, which clears 4.5:1 without moving the ground.

Handgloves — #122235

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Ranking

Rating 1516 · 1 matchup · 0% neither.

Needs 9 more matchups before it can reign.

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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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Color & contrast

    
Published contrast 3.03:1 — passes AA for large text only.

    
B is darkened to #122235 for interface text; the swatch above shows the pair exactly as published.

    
Dim / secondary text sits at 4.59:1.

    

      
Body text · needs 4.5:1 · fails

      
Large text · needs 3:1 · passes

    


    
    

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      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#998670#224062

        
RGBrgb(153, 134, 112)rgb(34, 64, 98)

        
HSLhsl(32, 17%, 52%)hsl(212, 48%, 26%)

      
    

    
Published 14 Aug 2026.

    
  



    
Colour-blind view

    
Contrast is a luminance ratio, and colour blindness keeps luminance — so it barely moves below. What moves is distinguishability: how far apart the two colours 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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