Template talk:Color contrast ratio

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Wrong ratio?[edit]

I noticed some values do not match with the ones provided by the Colour Contrast Check:

Text Color	Background color	Sample	Code	Contrast ratio
Text Color	Background color	Sample	Code	Template	Tool
#BADFEE	black	Sample	`{{Color contrast ratio\|#BaDFeE\|BlAcK}}`	0.067215591908977	14.88
red	black	Sample	`{{Color contrast ratio\|red\|black}}`	0.19040365575019	5.25
#FFFF00	#00FFFF	Sample	`{{Color contrast ratio\|#FFFF00\|#00FFFF}}`	0.85641235426468	1.17

Helder 12:31, 6 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note the values provided are the reciprocal of those given by the other tool. That's because the other tool reverses the order of the parameters if the foreground color is lighter than the background color, while this template was designed (and is documented) to provide the correct ratio (less than 1). This is to provide more flexibility for the user, who may want to filter dark-on-light contrasts differently than light-on-dark for hardware or environmental differences. In practice, it just means that you have to check that the value is inside a range instead of being less than a specific value (e.g. 0.25<=x<=4.0 instead of x<=4.0). —[AlanM1(talk)]— 17:59, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]