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Accessible Palette: stop using HSL for color systems (wildbit.com)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Almost scrolled past, as I love HSL. Glad I didn’t!

tldr: The V of HSV is still unfortunately the same linear nonsense from its roots in RGB. Colors don’t work that way and human eyes don’t perceive lightness that way and we can do better.