@@ -163,11 +163,18 @@
 				return { hue = hue, saturation = saturation, luminosity = luminosity }
 			end;
 
 			readable = function(self, target)
-				target = target or 0.5
+				target = target or 0.6
 				local hsl = self:to_hsl()
 				hsl.luminosity = target
+				local worstHue = 230
+				local nearness = math.abs(worstHue - hsl.hue)
+				if nearness <= 70 then
+					local boost = 1.0 - (nearness / 70)
+					hsl.luminosity = math.min(1, hsl.luminosity * (1 + (boost*0.4)))
+				end
+
 				return from_hsl(hsl, self.alpha)
 			end;
 
 			bg = function(self, text) return
@@ -184,9 +191,10 @@
 				local hsl = self:to_hsl()
 				-- Do the calculation, clamp to 0-1 instead of the clamp fn
 				hsl.luminosity = math.min(math.max(hsl.luminosity * fac, 0), 1)
 				-- Turn back into RGB color
-				local t = from_hsl(hsl, self.alpha)
+				-- local t = from_hsl(hsl, self.alpha)
+				-- print("darker is r"..hsl.red.."g"..hsl.green.."b"..hsl.blue)
 				-- print("brighten is r"..t.red.."g"..t.green.."b"..t.blue)
 				return from_hsl(hsl, self.alpha)
 			end;