@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Editor: Lea Verou, Invited Expert, http://lea.verou.me/about, w3cid 52258
1616Editor : Adam Argyle, Google, https://nerdy.dev, w3cid 112669
1717Abstract : This module extends CSS Color [[css-color-5]] to add contrast calculation.
1818Repository : w3c/csswg-drafts
19- Inline Github Issues : title
19+ Inline Github Issues : false
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@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ Computing a Contrasting Color: the ''contrast-color()'' function {#colorcontrast
8686 or as a background against a list of [=color candidate|candidate=] text colors.
8787 (The effective contrast of a pair of colors depends on their usage.)
8888
89- ISSUE(# 7359): The keywords to specify whether the [=base color=] is a foreground or background are <abbr title="to be decided"> TBD</abbr> .
89+ ISSUE(7359): The keywords to specify whether the [=base color=] is a foreground or background are <abbr title="to be decided"> TBD</abbr> .
9090
9191 The <dfn><<target-contrast>></dfn> argument specifies the contrast algorithm(s) to use.
9292 If no [=color candidates=] have been provided,
@@ -272,13 +272,27 @@ If no target contrast is specified</h4>
272272 * the contrast is (0.92781 + 0.05) / (0.03568 + 0.05) = <b> 11.4123</b>
273273 </div>
274274
275+ <h4 id="contrast-transparency">
276+ Contrasting Semi-transparent Colors</h4>
275277
278+ This section applies only to contrast algorithms that require their inputs to be opaque colors.
276279
280+ When calculating the contrast of a pair of colors:
277281
282+ 1. The background color is first blended over an opaque canvas color
283+ using simple alpha compositing (see [[compositing-1#simplealphacompositing]] )
284+ to find an opaque background color.
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286+ <div class="issue">
287+ <a href="https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/7358">#7358</a> Find a good opaque canvas color for this computation.
288+ Candidates are:
289+ - the foreground color with alpha = 1
290+ - the ''canvas'' system color
291+ - some other color calculated to minimize the contrast for the algorithm used
292+ </div>
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294+ 2. The foreground color is then blended over this opaque background color
295+ to find an opaque foreground color.
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