- From: Andrew VanWagoner <thetalecrafter@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 22:35:22 -0600
- To: "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- Cc: www-style list <www-style@w3.org>
I was able to find where the problem got pushed to: color(white contrast(#c54f4f 50%)) -> rgb(128, 128, 128) (contrast=1.2) The min and max can be on opposite sides, and combining them can produce a color with insufficient contrast. If I remove the shortcut for colors that already provide enough contrast it stops being able to interpolate to something with not enough contrast, but now the color can be really really far (which is exactly what you were saying, but I didn't understand the first time): color(white contrast(#c54f4f 50%)) -> rgb(3, 3, 3) white to nearly black is about as far as you can go. It was surprisingly difficult to find a color pair that did this though. To be honest, I don't much like the percentage anyway. :) Because neither 0% nor 100% represent no change, it is difficult to predict what a given percentage will do. The difference between 0 and 100 can be really small or really large depending on the color. It seems more helpful to provide the needed ratio, since the accessibility rating requires different contrast ratios at different text sizes, and different users have different needs. color(white contrast(rgb(196, 79, 79) 4.5)) -> white color(white contrast(rgb(196, 79, 79) 7)) -> black color(rgb(196, 79, 79) contrast(white 4.5)) -> rgb(196, 79, 79) color(rgb(196, 79, 79) contrast(white 7)) -> rgb(148, 61, 61) -Andy
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