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Expand Up @@ -550,19 +550,14 @@ algorithm in many key aspects:
- It uses a more sophisticated link between spatial frequency and minimum
color contrast that might allow for more nuanced thresholds.

The new contrast formula agrees with WCAG 2.x for 83.9% of randomly picked
color pairs. That number rises to 92.5% for a modified WCAG 2.x formula with a
flare value of 0.4. As far as I understand, this is not a realistic value for
flare. So the physical interpretation might be incorrect. This would however
explain why APCA reports lower contrast for darker colors.

So far I like many of the ideas of APCA, but I am not convinced that they are a
significant enough improvement to justify breaking backwards compatibility. I
am also concerned by the [lack of publicly available evidence]. Then again, the
new algorithm cannot really be evaluated without first making some policy
decisions, e.g. which viewing conditions we are aiming for. I hope this
analysis can support the community in figuring out what questions need to be
answered.
am also concerned by the [lack of publicly available evidence].

Then again, the new algorithm cannot really be evaluated without first making
some policy decisions, e.g. which viewing conditions we are aiming for. I hope
this analysis can support the community in figuring out what questions need to
be answered.

[Web Content Accessibility Guidelines]: https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/
[sRGB color space]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SRGB
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