""" Calculate the contrast between two colors """ def contrast(background, light, dark, threshold=0.179): """ background: tuple of (r, g, b) values light: color to use if the background is light dark: color to use if the background is dark threshold: the threshold to use for determining lightness, the default is w3 recommended """ red = background[0] green = background[1] blue = background[2] # Calculate contrast uicolors = [red / 255, green / 255, blue / 255] cont = [ col / 12.92 if col <= 0.03928 else ((col + 0.055) / 1.055) ** 2.4 for col in uicolors ] lightness = (0.2126 * cont[0]) + (0.7152 * cont[1]) + (0.0722 * cont[2]) return light if lightness > threshold else dark