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 The script will do its best to make sure everything is readable. With Base16, for instance, it tries to keep a contrast ratio of 7:1 between the foreground and background colors, while trying to stay above 3:1 for foreground and highlight, the last 8 colors (the "hues") and highlight, and the "dark" foreground and background. Usually it does a good job. But with the way it handles contrast, things get unreadable with some values (see "On luminance options").
 
+## Example
+
+```
+./acid16.py 0.6,0.25,0.005 0.6,0.5 0.0,0.0
+```
+This creates a color scheme with:
+- A dark bluish background (hue 0.6, chroma 0.25, luminance 0.005)
+- An accent color with that same hue but more saturation (hue 0.6, chroma 0.5)
+- Some shade of gray for the foreground color (hue 0.0, chroma 0.0). In this case it'll be a light gray since the background is dark.
+
 ## Prerequisites
 
 - Python 3