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From: Swift, Daniel P.
Date: Aug 9, 2016 11:53AM

I actually looked into the math for the ratio (on a very superficial level). It's really not that simple because the ratio takes into consideration a variety of things. I don't remember the specifics, but it reminded me of how your ears respond to different frequencies at different volumes. In the end, I found it much easier to use the following site to check my contrast ratio:

http://leaverou.github.io/contrast-ratio/#%23000-on-%23F00

-Dan