Timeline for 8bit monitor theoretical contrast
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| Aug 30, 2019 at 23:54 | comment | added | Mark Ransom |
My apologies, since you weren't explicit about the final divide I assumed the 1/255 was a ratio and not a color.
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| Aug 19, 2019 at 0:53 | comment | added | szulat | @MarkRansom nobody is applying the formula to the ratio, this is the linear brightness of the second darkest shade (having the sRGB value = 1/255). the brightest shade is 1 (you could use the formula but it's the max value so we know it's 1 without calculating) and then dividing these two brightness values 1/(1/3294.6) gives the contrast of 3294.6 : 1 | |
| Aug 18, 2019 at 20:33 | comment | added | Mark Ransom | I applaud your approach, but the math is wrong. The formula for sRGB can't be applied to the ratio, it must be applied to the individual colors before dividing. | |
| Aug 17, 2019 at 22:00 | history | answered | szulat | CC BY-SA 4.0 |