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Tools / Colour contrast checker

Colour contrast checker

Reports the contrast ratio and whether it passes WCAG AA and AAA for normal and large text, plus the 3:1 threshold for UI components. The maths includes the sRGB gamma expansion, which is why a mid-grey can look acceptable and still fail.

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