Accessibility

Table of Contrast Ratios

A demonstration of background colors and foreground colors. For brevity, the only background colors are Bases 03, 02, 2, and 3; and the only foreground colors are Bases 01, 00, 0, and 1, along with all accent colors. Contrast ratios are shown in each cell.
	Solarized Base03	Solarized Base02	Solarized Base2	Solarized Base3	Lunarized Base03	Lunarized Base02	Lunarized Base2	Lunarized Base3
Solarized Base01	2.79	2.42	4.39	4.99	3.24	2.94	3.89	4.47
Solarized Base00	3.37	2.92	3.64	4.13	3.91	3.55	3.22	3.7
Solarized Base0	4.75	4.11	2.58	2.93	5.51	5	2.29	2.63
Solarized Base1	5.61	4.86	2.18	2.48	6.52	5.91	1.94	2.22
Solarized Red	3.25	2.81	3.77	4.29	3.77	3.42	3.35	3.84
Solarized Orange	3.26	2.82	3.76	4.27	3.78	3.43	3.33	3.83
Solarized Yellow	4.68	4.05	2.62	2.98	5.43	4.93	2.32	2.67
Solarized Green	4.69	4.06	2.62	2.97	5.44	4.94	2.32	2.66
Solarized Cyan	4.75	4.12	2.58	2.93	5.52	5.01	2.29	2.62
Solarized Blue	4.08	3.53	3	3.41	4.74	4.3	2.66	3.06
Solarized Violet	3.43	2.97	3.57	4.06	3.98	3.61	3.17	3.64
Solarized Magenta	3.3	2.86	3.71	4.21	3.83	3.48	3.29	3.78
Lunarized Base01	2.53	2.19	4.85	5.51	2.93	2.66	4.3	4.94
Lunarized Base00	3.1	2.69	3.95	4.49	3.6	3.27	3.5	4.02
Lunarized Base0	4.27	3.7	2.87	3.26	4.96	4.5	2.54	2.92
Lunarized Base1	5.08	4.4	2.41	2.74	5.9	5.35	2.14	2.45
Lunarized Cyan	7.66	6.63	1.6	1.82	8.89	8.07	1.42	1.63
Lunarized Blue	6.33	5.48	1.94	2.2	7.35	6.67	1.72	1.97
Lunarized Indigo	3.81	3.3	3.22	3.65	4.42	4.01	2.85	3.28
Lunarized Violet	3.7	3.2	3.31	3.76	4.29	3.9	2.94	3.37
Lunarized Red	4.02	3.48	3.05	3.46	4.67	4.24	2.7	3.1
Lunarized Orange	4.64	4.02	2.64	3	5.38	4.88	2.34	2.69
Lunarized Yellow	4.41	3.82	2.78	3.15	5.12	4.65	2.46	2.83
Lunarized Green	6.98	6.04	1.76	2	8.1	7.35	1.56	1.79

The Suggested Use page demonstrates the most accessible contrast ratios.

A summary of contrast ratios.
Large text is defined as above 18pt (24px), or above 14pt (19px) and bold.
Contrast Ratio	Level	Keyword	Description
[1, 3.0)	1	bad.	Fails WCAG 2.0
[3.0, 4.5)	2	okay…	Passes AA level for large text
[4.5, 7.0)	3	good!	Passes AA level for any size text and AAA for large text
[7.0, 21]	4	great!!	Passes AAA level for any size text