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<description>Colour palettes for reading-heavy pages, with contrast numbers.</description>
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<item><title>Warm greys</title><link>https://rowan.sanriodevgroup.org/palettes/warm-greys/</link><guid>https://rowan.sanriodevgroup.org/palettes/warm-greys/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2024 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Greys with a little red and yellow feel less clinical.</description></item>
<item><title>Five calm palettes for long reading</title><link>https://rowan.sanriodevgroup.org/palettes/five-calm-palettes/</link><guid>https://rowan.sanriodevgroup.org/palettes/five-calm-palettes/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Dec 2023 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Off-white paper, dark ink, one restrained accent.</description></item>
<item><title>Timeouts and budgets for design reviews</title><link>https://rowan.sanriodevgroup.org/notes/timeouts-and-budgets/</link><guid>https://rowan.sanriodevgroup.org/notes/timeouts-and-budgets/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>A palette review gets twenty minutes and one question: can the longest page be read comfortably at night and at noon? Anything that needs more time goes into a separate study.</description></item>
<item><title>Accent colours that survive dark mode</title><link>https://rowan.sanriodevgroup.org/palettes/accents-for-dark-mode/</link><guid>https://rowan.sanriodevgroup.org/palettes/accents-for-dark-mode/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Oct 2023 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Lighter and less saturated on dark backgrounds.</description></item>
<item><title>Contrast ratios in practice</title><link>https://rowan.sanriodevgroup.org/palettes/contrast-ratios-in-practice/</link><guid>https://rowan.sanriodevgroup.org/palettes/contrast-ratios-in-practice/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Sep 2023 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>4.5:1 for body text is the floor, not the goal.</description></item>
<item><title>Naming colours</title><link>https://rowan.sanriodevgroup.org/notes/naming-colours/</link><guid>https://rowan.sanriodevgroup.org/notes/naming-colours/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Aug 2023 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Name colours by role, not by appearance: ink and rule survive a redesign, dark-blue does not.</description></item>
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