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I don’t follow this part. Why is red 50 not accessible?
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Oct 2, 2018·1 min read

It is not accessible on white because it falls below the 4.5:1 contrast ratio on white. It’s just how we setup the naming and the way we generated colors. All colors with value of 50 are accessible on black but not white.

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