Avoid Color-Blindness Issues with CheckMyColours

CheckMyColours is a free online service that analyzes any Web site to determine whether the contrast between foreground and background colors is sufficient.
Written by Terri Stone on June 29, 2009

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While CheckMyColours is still in beta, it shows promise. Enter any URL into this free online service, and it will analyze all DOM elements in the site. The resulting report lets you know whether any foreground and background color combinations have so little contrast that people with color deficits might not be able to see them properly.

CheckMyColours' tests are based on algorithms from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and are as follows:

Luminosity Constrast Ratio (WCAG 2.0)
(L1+.05) / (L2+.05) where L is luminosity and is defined as .2126*R + .7152*G + .0722B using linearised R, G, and B values. Linearised R (for example) = (R/FS)^2.2 where FS is full scale value (255 for 8 bit color channels). L1 is the higher value (of text or background) and L2 is the lower value.

Text or diagrams and their background must have a luminosity contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1 for level 2 conformance to guideline 1.4, and at least 7:1 for level 3 conformance to guideline 1.4.

Color brigthness (WCAG 1.0)
((Red value X 299) + (Green value X 587) + (Blue value X 114)) / 1000
The range for color brightness difference is 125.
The range for color difference is 500.

The site's interface is very simple:

When I entered http://www.creativepro.com in the check field, the results were not so pleasant to see:

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