Re: Contrast and colour deficiency

Hi Sean,

> I've also been using the tool provided by Gez Lemon (although my results
> differ slightly from his, but I'm working from 0-255 sRGB, whereas he is
> working off hex numbers, so it might be a rounding error, however Gez if you
> are out there can you contact me to explain the math you are using on your
> tool, so I can figure out if I'm doing something wrong)

I'll send you the part of the script that does the calculation
off-list. It could be that I have interpreted the algorithm
incorrectly, although I seem to get closer results to you ...

> Foreground        0              0              0
>
> Background        207         0              47
>
>
>
> I get a computed ratio of 3.69 (Gez seems to get 4.1),  which is acceptable
> under our provision for 18pt text.

For:

#000000
#cf002f

I get 3.67:1

> Sometimes however this works in reverse, for example red 159,0,0 text on
> green 0,255,0 background has a contrast ratio of 6.12 (5.65:1 according to
> Gez) thus passing our contrast provision at AA.

For:

#9f0000
#00ff00

I get 6.19:1

Best regards,

Gez



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