A fascinating (albeit quite technical) dive into how colours spaces work, and why the typical HSL colour spaces of the web and software result in problematic inconsistencies within colours. The key is that most classic colour spaces do not account for perceptual contrast and lightness within our own biological colour space (how we perceive colours), which makes standardisation between colours very difficult. But more modern colour spaces – including LCh – are designed to account for that perceptual difference and should therefore be considered a marked improvement/preferable solution.
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