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Introduction

The purpose of this page is to display luminosity contrast ratios for all web safe colours against a web safe background colour. The results are shown in a table that also includes the difference in brightness, and the difference in colour that are used by the colour contrast analyser for comparison. To test the luminosity contrast ratio for any colour combination, use the luminosity contrast ratio analyser.

The following icons are used in the results to indicate whether or not the result of a calculation is a pass.

Key for the Icons
Icon Meaning
Fail Indicates the value shown is a failure.
Pass Indicates the value shown is a pass.
Level AA Indicates that the luminosity contrast ratio is a level AA pass for large text (at least 18 point or 14 point bold)
Level AAA Indicates that the luminosity contrast ratio is a level AAA pass for large text (at least 18 point or 14 point bold)
Level AA Indicates that the luminosity contrast ratio is a level AA pass for regular text.
Level AAA Indicates that the luminosity contrast ratio is a level AAA pass for regular text.

Luminosity Contrast Ratios for #ff6

The following table shows the luminosity contrast ratios for all web safe colours with a background colour of #ff6, along with the difference in brightness and the difference in colour used by the colour contrast analyser for comparison.

Luminosity Ratios with background: #ff6
Foreground Colour Sample Luminosity Contrast Ratio Difference in Brightness Difference in Colour
#000 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text19.75
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 237 Pass 612
#003 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text18.85
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 231 Pass 561
#006 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text16.57
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 225 Pass 510
#009 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text13.53
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 220 Pass 561
#00c Sample Pass Level AAA for large text10.55
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 214 Pass 612
#00f Sample Pass Level AAA for large text8.08
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 208 Pass 663
#030 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text13.40
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 207 Pass 561
#033 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text12.98
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 201 Pass 510
#036 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text11.86
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 195 Fail 459
#039 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text10.21
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 190 Pass 510
#03c Sample Pass Level AAA for large text8.42
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 184 Pass 561
#03f Sample Pass Level AAA for large text6.77
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 178 Pass 612
#060 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text6.81
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 177 Pass 510
#063 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text6.70
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 171 Fail 459
#066 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text6.39
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 166 Fail 408
#069 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text5.88
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 160 Fail 459
#06c Sample Pass Level AAA for large text5.23
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 154 Pass 510
#06f Sample Pass Level AAA for large text4.55
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 148 Pass 561
#090 Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.55
Fail fo regular text
Pass 147 Fail 459
#093 Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.52
Fail fo regular text
Pass 141 Fail 408
#096 Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.44
Fail fo regular text
Pass 136 Fail 357
#099 Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.28
Fail fo regular text
Pass 130 Fail 408
#09c Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.07
Fail fo regular text
Fail 124 Fail 459
#09f Sample Fail2.82
Fail
Fail 118 Pass 510
#0c0 Sample Fail2.05
Fail
Fail 117 Fail 408
#0c3 Sample Fail2.04
Fail
Fail 111 Fail 357
#0c6 Sample Fail2.01
Fail
Fail 106 Fail 306
#0c9 Sample Fail1.96
Fail
Fail 100 Fail 357
#0cc Sample Fail1.88
Fail
Fail 94 Fail 408
#0cf Sample Fail1.78
Fail
Fail 88 Fail 459
#0f0 Sample Fail1.29
Fail
Fail 87 Fail 357
#0f3 Sample Fail1.29
Fail
Fail 82 Fail 306
#0f6 Sample Fail1.27
Fail
Fail 76 Fail 255
#0f9 Sample Fail1.25
Fail
Fail 70 Fail 306
#0fc Sample Fail1.22
Fail
Fail 64 Fail 357
#0ff Sample Fail1.18
Fail
Fail 58 Fail 408
#300 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text17.31
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 222 Pass 561
#303 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text16.61
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 216 Pass 510
#306 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text14.82
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 210 Fail 459
#309 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text12.34
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 204 Pass 510
#30c Sample Pass Level AAA for large text9.81
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 199 Pass 561
#30f Sample Pass Level AAA for large text7.64
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 193 Pass 612
#330 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text12.23
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 192 Pass 510
#333 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text11.88
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 186 Fail 459
#336 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text10.93
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 180 Fail 408
#339 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text9.52
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 174 Fail 459
#33c Sample Pass Level AAA for large text7.94
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 169 Pass 510
#33f Sample Pass Level AAA for large text6.46
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 163 Pass 561
#360 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text6.49
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 162 Fail 459
#363 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text6.39
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 156 Fail 408
#366 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text6.11
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 150 Fail 357
#369 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text5.64
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 144 Fail 408
#36c Sample Pass Level AAA for large text5.05
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 139 Fail 459
#36f Sample Pass Level AA for large text4.40
Fail fo regular text
Pass 133 Pass 510
#390 Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.47
Fail fo regular text
Pass 132 Fail 408
#393 Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.44
Fail fo regular text
Pass 126 Fail 357
#396 Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.35
Fail fo regular text
Fail 120 Fail 306
#399 Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.21
Fail fo regular text
Fail 115 Fail 357
#39c Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.01
Fail fo regular text
Fail 109 Fail 408
#39f Sample Fail2.77
Fail
Fail 103 Fail 459
#3c0 Sample Fail2.02
Fail
Fail 102 Fail 357
#3c3 Sample Fail2.01
Fail
Fail 96 Fail 306
#3c6 Sample Fail1.98
Fail
Fail 90 Fail 255
#3c9 Sample Fail1.93
Fail
Fail 85 Fail 306
#3cc Sample Fail1.85
Fail
Fail 79 Fail 357
#3cf Sample Fail1.76
Fail
Fail 73 Fail 408
#3f0 Sample Fail1.28
Fail
Fail 72 Fail 306
#3f3 Sample Fail1.27
Fail
Fail 66 Fail 255
#3f6 Sample Fail1.26
Fail
Fail 60 Fail 204
#3f9 Sample Fail1.24
Fail
Fail 55 Fail 255
#3fc Sample Fail1.21
Fail
Fail 49 Fail 306
#3ff Sample Fail1.17
Fail
Fail 43 Fail 357
#600 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text12.62
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 207 Pass 510
#603 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text12.24
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 201 Fail 459
#606 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text11.24
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 195 Fail 408
#609 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text9.75
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 189 Fail 459
#60c Sample Pass Level AAA for large text8.10
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 183 Pass 510
#60f Sample Pass Level AAA for large text6.56
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 177 Pass 561
#630 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text9.69
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 177 Fail 459
#633 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text9.47
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 171 Fail 408
#636 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text8.85
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 165 Fail 357
#639 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text7.90
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 159 Fail 408
#63c Sample Pass Level AAA for large text6.79
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 153 Fail 459
#63f Sample Pass Level AAA for large text5.67
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 148 Pass 510
#660 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text5.70
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 147 Fail 408
#663 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text5.62
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 141 Fail 357
#666 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text5.40
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 135 Fail 306
#669 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text5.03
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 129 Fail 357
#66c Sample Pass Level AAA for large text4.55
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Fail 123 Fail 408
#66f Sample Pass Level AA for large text4.02
Fail fo regular text
Fail 118 Fail 459
#690 Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.23
Fail fo regular text
Fail 117 Fail 357
#693 Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.20
Fail fo regular text
Fail 111 Fail 306
#696 Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.13
Fail fo regular text
Fail 105 Fail 255
#699 Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.00
Fail fo regular text
Fail 99 Fail 306
#69c Sample Fail2.82
Fail
Fail 93 Fail 357
#69f Sample Fail2.61
Fail
Fail 88 Fail 408
#6c0 Sample Fail1.94
Fail
Fail 87 Fail 306
#6c3 Sample Fail1.93
Fail
Fail 81 Fail 255
#6c6 Sample Fail1.90
Fail
Fail 75 Fail 204
#6c9 Sample Fail1.85
Fail
Fail 69 Fail 255
#6cc Sample Fail1.78
Fail
Fail 64 Fail 306
#6cf Sample Fail1.70
Fail
Fail 58 Fail 357
#6f0 Sample Fail1.24
Fail
Fail 57 Fail 255
#6f3 Sample Fail1.24
Fail
Fail 51 Fail 204
#6f6 Sample Fail1.23
Fail
Fail 45 Fail 153
#6f9 Sample Fail1.21
Fail
Fail 39 Fail 204
#6fc Sample Fail1.18
Fail
Fail 34 Fail 255
#6ff Sample Fail1.14
Fail
Fail 28 Fail 306
#900 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text8.39
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 191 Fail 459
#903 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text8.22
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 185 Fail 408
#906 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text7.76
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 180 Fail 357
#909 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text7.02
Pass Level AAA for regular text
Pass 174 Fail 408
#90c Sample Pass Level AAA for large text6.12
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 168 Fail 459
#90f Sample Pass Level AAA for large text5.20
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 162 Pass 510
#930 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text6.98
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 161 Fail 408
#933 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text6.87
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 156 Fail 357
#936 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text6.54
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 150 Fail 306
#939 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text6.01
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 144 Fail 357
#93c Sample Pass Level AAA for large text5.34
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 138 Fail 408
#93f Sample Pass Level AAA for large text4.62
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 132 Fail 459
#960 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text4.64
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 131 Fail 357
#963 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text4.59
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 126 Fail 306
#966 Sample Pass Level AA for large text4.44
Fail fo regular text
Fail 120 Fail 255
#969 Sample Pass Level AA for large text4.19
Fail fo regular text
Fail 114 Fail 306
#96c Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.85
Fail fo regular text
Fail 108 Fail 357
#96f Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.47
Fail fo regular text
Fail 102 Fail 408
#990 Sample Fail2.86
Fail
Fail 102 Fail 306
#993 Sample Fail2.84
Fail
Fail 96 Fail 255
#996 Sample Fail2.78
Fail
Fail 90 Fail 204
#999 Sample Fail2.68
Fail
Fail 84 Fail 255
#99c Sample Fail2.54
Fail
Fail 78 Fail 306
#99f Sample Fail2.36
Fail
Fail 72 Fail 357
#9c0 Sample Fail1.80
Fail
Fail 72 Fail 255
#9c3 Sample Fail1.79
Fail
Fail 66 Fail 204
#9c6 Sample Fail1.77
Fail
Fail 60 Fail 153
#9c9 Sample Fail1.72
Fail
Fail 54 Fail 204
#9cc Sample Fail1.66
Fail
Fail 48 Fail 255
#9cf Sample Fail1.59
Fail
Fail 42 Fail 306
#9f0 Sample Fail1.19
Fail
Fail 42 Fail 204
#9f3 Sample Fail1.18
Fail
Fail 36 Fail 153
#9f6 Sample Fail1.17
Fail
Fail 30 Fail 102
#9f9 Sample Fail1.15
Fail
Fail 24 Fail 153
#9fc Sample Fail1.13
Fail
Fail 18 Fail 204
#9ff Sample Fail1.09
Fail
Fail 13 Fail 255
#c00 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text5.54
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 176 Fail 408
#c03 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text5.46
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 170 Fail 357
#c06 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text5.25
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 164 Fail 306
#c09 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text4.90
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 159 Fail 357
#c0c Sample Pass Level AA for large text4.45
Fail fo regular text
Pass 153 Fail 408
#c0f Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.94
Fail fo regular text
Pass 147 Fail 459
#c30 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text4.89
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 146 Fail 357
#c33 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text4.83
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 140 Fail 306
#c36 Sample Pass Level AAA for large text4.67
Pass level 2 fo regular text
Pass 134 Fail 255
#c39 Sample Pass Level AA for large text4.39
Fail fo regular text
Pass 129 Fail 306
#c3c Sample Pass Level AA for large text4.02
Fail fo regular text
Fail 123 Fail 357
#c3f Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.60
Fail fo regular text
Fail 117 Fail 408
#c60 Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.61
Fail fo regular text
Fail 116 Fail 306
#c63 Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.58
Fail fo regular text
Fail 110 Fail 255
#c66 Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.49
Fail fo regular text
Fail 105 Fail 204
#c69 Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.33
Fail fo regular text
Fail 99 Fail 255
#c6c Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.11
Fail fo regular text
Fail 93 Fail 306
#c6f Sample Fail2.86
Fail
Fail 87 Fail 357
#c90 Sample Fail2.43
Fail
Fail 86 Fail 255
#c93 Sample Fail2.42
Fail
Fail 80 Fail 204
#c96 Sample Fail2.37
Fail
Fail 75 Fail 153
#c99 Sample Fail2.30
Fail
Fail 69 Fail 204
#c9c Sample Fail2.20
Fail
Fail 63 Fail 255
#c9f Sample Fail2.06
Fail
Fail 57 Fail 306
#cc0 Sample Fail1.62
Fail
Fail 56 Fail 204
#cc3 Sample Fail1.61
Fail
Fail 51 Fail 153
#cc6 Sample Fail1.59
Fail
Fail 45 Fail 102
#cc9 Sample Fail1.56
Fail
Fail 39 Fail 153
#ccc Sample Fail1.51
Fail
Fail 33 Fail 204
#ccf Sample Fail1.45
Fail
Fail 27 Fail 255
#cf0 Sample Fail1.10
Fail
Fail 26 Fail 153
#cf3 Sample Fail1.10
Fail
Fail 21 Fail 102
#cf6 Sample Fail1.09
Fail
Fail 15 Fail 51
#cf9 Sample Fail1.08
Fail
Fail 9 Fail 102
#cfc Sample Fail1.05
Fail
Fail 3 Fail 153
#cff Sample Fail1.02
Fail
Fail 2 Fail 204
#f00 Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.76
Fail fo regular text
Pass 161 Fail 357
#f03 Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.73
Fail fo regular text
Pass 155 Fail 306
#f06 Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.63
Fail fo regular text
Pass 149 Fail 255
#f09 Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.46
Fail fo regular text
Pass 143 Fail 306
#f0c Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.22
Fail fo regular text
Pass 138 Fail 357
#f0f Sample Fail2.95
Fail
Pass 132 Fail 408
#f30 Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.45
Fail fo regular text
Pass 131 Fail 306
#f33 Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.42
Fail fo regular text
Fail 125 Fail 255
#f36 Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.34
Fail fo regular text
Fail 119 Fail 204
#f39 Sample Pass Level AA for large text3.19
Fail fo regular text
Fail 113 Fail 255
#f3c Sample Fail2.99
Fail
Fail 108 Fail 306
#f3f Sample Fail2.75
Fail
Fail 102 Fail 357
#f60 Sample Fail2.76
Fail
Fail 101 Fail 255
#f63 Sample Fail2.74
Fail
Fail 95 Fail 204
#f66 Sample Fail2.69
Fail
Fail 89 Fail 153
#f69 Sample Fail2.59
Fail
Fail 83 Fail 204
#f6c Sample Fail2.46
Fail
Fail 78 Fail 255
#f6f Sample Fail2.30
Fail
Fail 72 Fail 306
#f90 Sample Fail2.01
Fail
Fail 71 Fail 204
#f93 Sample Fail2.00
Fail
Fail 65 Fail 153
#f96 Sample Fail1.97
Fail
Fail 59 Fail 102
#f99 Sample Fail1.92
Fail
Fail 54 Fail 153
#f9c Sample Fail1.85
Fail
Fail 48 Fail 204
#f9f Sample Fail1.75
Fail
Fail 42 Fail 255
#fc0 Sample Fail1.42
Fail
Fail 41 Fail 153
#fc3 Sample Fail1.42
Fail
Fail 35 Fail 102
#fc6 Sample Fail1.40
Fail
Fail 29 Fail 51
#fc9 Sample Fail1.38
Fail
Fail 24 Fail 102
#fcc Sample Fail1.34
Fail
Fail 18 Fail 153
#fcf Sample Fail1.29
Fail
Fail 12 Fail 204
#ff0 Sample Fail1.01
Fail
Fail 11 Fail 102
#ff3 Sample Fail1.01
Fail
Fail 5 Fail 51
#ff6 Sample Fail1.00
Fail
Fail 0 Fail 0
#ff9 Sample Fail1.01
Fail
Fail 5 Fail 51
#ffc Sample Fail1.03
Fail
Fail 11 Fail 102
#fff Sample Fail1.06
Fail
Fail 17 Fail 153