HIGH
Every motif, every ground, every ink.
Classified by read.
The full combinatorial grid. Each card: a motif (HP-1 / HP-3 / ê Wink / Heritage Patch) on a colorway ground (Obsidian / Pearl / Accent / Oxblood / Teal-Pearl / Warm-Neutral) in an alternative ink. WCAG-inspired contrast ratios classify each combination: HIGH · CLEAR · SOFT · GHOST. Use the filters to find combinations that fit the target register — Margiela-quiet, Bode-archival, Heron-Preston-deconstructed. Use this matrix to validate before committing a vendor run.
HIGH · Strong separation (ratio > 7:1) · Retail-loud
CLEAR · Readable (ratio 4.5–7:1) · Production-canon
SOFT · Tone-on-tone (ratio 2.5–4.5:1) · Margiela-register
GHOST · Barely reads (ratio < 2.5:1) · Experimental
HIGH
GHOST
GHOST
HIGH
HIGH
GHOST
HIGH
HIGH
GHOST
GHOST
HIGH
HIGH
HIGH
GHOST
HIGH
GHOST
HIGH
GHOST
CLEAR
HIGH
GHOST
HIGH
GHOST
CLEAR
GHOST
HIGH
GHOST
CLEAR
CLEAR
HIGH
HIGH
GHOST
GHOST
HIGH
HIGH
GHOST
HIGH
HIGH
GHOST
GHOST
HIGH
HIGH
HIGH
GHOST
HIGH
GHOST
HIGH
GHOST
CLEAR
HIGH
GHOST
HIGH
GHOST
CLEAR
GHOST
HIGH
GHOST
CLEAR
CLEAR
HIGH
HIGH
GHOST
GHOST
HIGH
HIGH
GHOST
HIGH
HIGH
GHOST
GHOST
HIGH
HIGH
HIGH
GHOST
HIGH
GHOST
HIGH
GHOST
CLEAR
HIGH
GHOST
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GHOST
CLEAR
GHOST
HIGH
GHOST
CLEAR
CLEAR
HIGH
HIGH
GHOST
GHOST
HIGH
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GHOST
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GHOST
GHOST
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GHOST
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GHOST
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GHOST
CLEAR
HIGH
GHOST
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GHOST
CLEAR
GHOST
HIGH
GHOST
CLEAR
CLEAR
How to read the classification. HIGH (contrast > 7:1) = aggressive retail read; works for commercial anchor SKUs but fails the Code 4 "typography stabilizes the garment, it does not turn it into merch" test at heavy scale. CLEAR (4.5-7:1) = production canon — readable at retail, preserves register. SOFT (2.5-4.5:1) = Margiela tone-on-tone territory; requires a second point of interest (placement, tactility) to hold. GHOST (< 2.5:1) = experimental only; reads as texture not as graphic. RC01 ships in the CLEAR tier exclusively — everything else is RC02+ exploration.
Provenance. Color hex values from axiom D-001 (2026-04-16 canon lock). Contrast classification uses WCAG-relative luminance formula — specifically gamma-corrected RGB with Rec.709 coefficients. The canonical RC01 configurations (Obsidian ground + Pearl ink across SKU-1/2/3/4, Obsidian ground + Warm-Neutral ink on SKU-5 patch) all land in the CLEAR tier (contrast ratio ~12:1 for Pearl-on-Obsidian, ~7:1 for Warm-Neutral-on-Obsidian). Contrast is not the only signal — fabric weight, ink opacity, print method, and ambient light all modulate how a spec reads on body. Use this matrix as a first-pass visual sort; final production decisions require physical sample review.
Missing from this matrix. Same-color combinations (ink = ground) are excluded — they render invisible by definition. Wordmark and RR monogram families are single-color vectors; they are not rendered here because they have fewer colorway permutations than the inkable motifs (HP-1, HP-3, Accent 1, Heritage Patch).