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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.


    
  



    
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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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.

  



    

      
Which holds up better?

      

        
        
      

      

        
      

    

  



    
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.

    

  



    
Color & contrast

    
Published contrast 4.58:1 — passes AA at any text size.

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

    
Dim / secondary text sits at 4.50:1.

    

      
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+).


    

      
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Hex#2DD288#8B184C

        
RGBrgb(45, 210, 136)rgb(139, 24, 76)

        
HSLhsl(153, 65%, 50%)hsl(333, 71%, 32%)

      
    

    
Published 14 Aug 2026.

    
  



    
Momentum

    
2 matchups in the last 24 hours · 2 in the last 7 days.

    
      
    
    
Daily matchups over the last 14 days.

  

    
Ranking

    
Rating 1484 · 2 matchups · 50% neither.

    
Needs 8 more matchups before it can reign.

  


  
  

  

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