Marcelo Paiva
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A person seen from behind holds a stylus over an open laptop displaying a spreadsheet, surrounded by swirling patterns.

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W3C: reviewing standards before they harden

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A person at a desk reading a printed specification draft, marking margins with a pen, laptop showing a keyboard-focused interface beside them
Drawn with (split)
#3dc894#c54e9b#c66233

Why these three

The opposition backed off by 30 degrees either side, which keeps the contrast without the vibration.

  1. SeedSHA-256 of w3c-apa, which is the same every time and different for every piece.
  2. Base hueThe first two bytes as a fraction of 65,535, times 360 = 163°.
  3. GeometryThe third byte modulo 4 picks split, which adds 0°, 150°, 210°.
  4. WobbleThree more bytes shift each by up to ±12° — 5.2°, +8.7°, +6.4° — so two pieces that draw the same geometry are still not the same shape on the wheel.
  5. Result#3dc894158° at 69% saturation, 78% value#c54e9b321° at 60% saturation, 77% value#c6623319° at 74% saturation, 77% value

Saturation never drops below 72% and value never below 78%, which is what keeps a hue reading as the colour it was chosen to be rather than as a dark. More on how these are made.