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is the difference in luminance and/or color that makes an object (or its representation in an image or display) distinguishable.

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Statistics (or tools) on screen calibration & readability

Fairly straight forward question, but I could not find any answers to it. Are there any known statistics regarding screen calibration & readability? Are there any colors to avoid where screen ...
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WCAG' Non-text contrast requirements, what exactly are the guidelines with hover?

WCAG does a weird job of explaining their non-text contrast requirements with hover states. Within their "Understanding non-text contrast" documentation, they have this bizarre example: As ...
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How do you create both sufficient contrast and a harmonious outcome for text on different tints of the same color?

Here are two examples. One is a table, the other an illustration. Both use different tints of the same color with text on top. How do you change the color of the text across these tints to be both ...
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