Re: Color contrast (Minimum)

Thank you for your information. It is very helpful to me

On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 4:01 PM, Elizabeth Pyatt <ejp10@psu.edu> wrote:

> From Photoshop, the colors I extracted were
>
> #000000 (Black)
> #cc0000 (red)
>
> The contrast is 3:6:1, so is technically a pass for large text at level
> AA…but I don’t like it either.
>
> In Photoshop, I then used the Hue/Saturation filter to make a grayscale
> version and the red became gray #666666, which is 3.7:1 and also passes for
> large text.  See attached below:
>
>
> I would say that people need to watch which filters they use. But also
> skirting the bare minimum isn’t always working.
>
> My two cents.
> Elizabeth
>
> P.S. On a side note - red/black should be avoided in any case because some
> color blind users see red as black…so you would have black/black text for
> this group.
>
>
>
> On Aug 16, 2016, at 3:42 PM, Ta, Duc <duc.ta.740@my.csun.edu> wrote:
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> Here is the picture of
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> <image.png>
>
>
> But when applied black and white (greyscale) effect:
>
> <image.png>
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>
>
>
> Sorry for any confusion here.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 3:40 PM, Ta, Duc <duc.ta.740@my.csun.edu> wrote:
> The color code for it is #CC0000 which clear indicates the contrast ratio
> is 3.6 : 1. My question is if a person only see black and white which is
> the applied effect then does the text considered to be a failure or we can
> say it pass. Or may be I overthink the issue here.
>
>
> Regards,
> Duc Ta
>
> On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 3:20 PM, Elizabeth Pyatt <ejp10@psu.edu> wrote:
> So what were the original color values for the reds?
>
> I’m trying to understand how the contrast algorithm is effected when the
> example becomes black and white.
> If it’s a luminosity scale (i.e. values only are measured), then
> theoretically shifting or removing the hue should not matter. If it does,
> there is an issue that needs to be investigated.
>
> Hope this makes sense.
>
> Best
> Elizabeth
>
>
> > On Aug 16, 2016, at 3:06 PM, Andrew Kirkpatrick <akirkpat@adobe.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > From: "Ta, Duc" <duc.ta.740@my.csun.edu>
> > Date: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at 13:53
> > To: Andrew Kirkpatrick <akirkpat@adobe.com>
> > Cc: WAI-IG <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
> > Subject: Re: Color contrast (Minimum)
> >
> > The actual color is dark red background and the text is red. However,
> when I check black and white mode, it turns out to be that so i am not sure
> whether I should consider it as a failure or I will say it is decent and
> move on.
> >
> >
> > Best,
> > Duc Ta
>
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