diff --git a/pages/style/color/overview.md b/pages/style/color/overview.md index eecda61ef..ffa22becb 100644 --- a/pages/style/color/overview.md +++ b/pages/style/color/overview.md @@ -117,18 +117,13 @@ USWDS helps teams choose accessible colors with a color grade system. Let’s lo ### Magic number We call the difference in grade between any two colors the _magic number_. Magic numbers have important contrast implications: -- **A magic number of `40`** or higher achieves Section 508 AA Large contrast (For example: between `gray 90` and `indigo warm 50v`). -- **A magic number of `50`** or higher achieves Section 508 AA contrast (For example: between `gray 90` and `red 40`). +- **A magic number of `40`** or higher achieves WCAG 2.0 AA Large Text contrast (example: between `gray 90` and `indigo warm 50v`). +- **A magic number of `50`** or higher achieves WCAG 2.0 AA contrast or AAA Large Text contrast(example: between `gray 90` and `red 40`). +- **A magic number of `70`** or higher achieves WCAG 2.0 AAA contrast (example: between `gray 10` and `red 80`). - **Colors of grade `50`** achieve Section 508 AA contrast against both pure white (grade `0`) and pure black (grade `100`). Use USWDS magic numbers to choose accessible color combinations from any palette and color family. - - #### Accessible color combination examples {:.measure-5}