我本想对@MichaelChirico的回答发表评论，但我没有足够的声誉。这里有一个在R中返回颜色的例子:

get_text_colour <- function(
    background_colour,
    light_text_colour = 'white',
    dark_text_colour = 'black',
    threshold = 0.5
) {

    background_luminance <- c( 
        c( .299, .587, .114 ) %*% col2rgb( background_colour ) / 255
    )

    return(
        ifelse(
            background_luminance < threshold,
            light_text_colour,
            dark_text_colour
        )
    )
}

> get_text_colour( background_colour = 'blue' )
[1] "white"

> get_text_colour( background_colour = c( 'blue', 'yellow', 'pink' ) )
[1] "white" "black" "black"

> get_text_colour( background_colour = c('black', 'white', '#236FAB', 'darkred', '#01F11F') )
[1] "white" "black" "white" "white" "black"

作为Kotlin / Android扩展:

fun Int.getContrastColor(): Int {
    // Counting the perceptive luminance - human eye favors green color...
    val a = 1 - (0.299 * Color.red(this) + 0.587 * Color.green(this) + 0.114 * Color.blue(this)) / 255
    return if (a < 0.5) Color.BLACK else Color.WHITE
}

如果你是为了视觉效果而操纵色彩空间，通常使用HSL(色相、饱和度和明度)比RGB更容易。在RGB中移动颜色以获得自然的令人愉悦的效果在概念上是相当困难的，而转换为HSL，在那里进行操作，然后再转换回来在概念上更直观，并且总是会给出更好的外观结果。

维基百科对HSL和密切相关的HSV有很好的介绍。网络上有免费的代码可以进行转换(例如这里是一个javascript实现)

你使用什么精确的转换是一个品味问题，但我个人认为颠倒色调和明度组件肯定会产生一个良好的高对比度的颜色作为第一个近似，但你可以很容易地追求更微妙的效果。

objective-c的实现

+ (UIColor*) getContrastColor:(UIColor*) color {
    CGFloat red, green, blue, alpha;
    [color getRed:&red green:&green blue:&blue alpha:&alpha];
    double a = ( 0.299 * red + 0.587 * green + 0.114 * blue);
    return (a > 0.5) ? [[UIColor alloc]initWithRed:0 green:0 blue:0 alpha:1] : [[UIColor alloc]initWithRed:255 green:255 blue:255 alpha:1];
}

请注意，在谷歌闭包库中有一个算法，该算法引用了w3c推荐:http://www.w3.org/TR/AERT#color-contrast。但是，在这个API中，您提供了一个建议颜色列表作为起点。

/**
 * Find the "best" (highest-contrast) of the suggested colors for the prime
 * color. Uses W3C formula for judging readability and visual accessibility:
 * http://www.w3.org/TR/AERT#color-contrast
 * @param {goog.color.Rgb} prime Color represented as a rgb array.
 * @param {Array<goog.color.Rgb>} suggestions Array of colors,
 *     each representing a rgb array.
 * @return {!goog.color.Rgb} Highest-contrast color represented by an array.
 */
goog.color.highContrast = function(prime, suggestions) {
  var suggestionsWithDiff = [];
  for (var i = 0; i < suggestions.length; i++) {
    suggestionsWithDiff.push({
      color: suggestions[i],
      diff: goog.color.yiqBrightnessDiff_(suggestions[i], prime) +
          goog.color.colorDiff_(suggestions[i], prime)
    });
  }
  suggestionsWithDiff.sort(function(a, b) { return b.diff - a.diff; });
  return suggestionsWithDiff[0].color;
};


/**
 * Calculate brightness of a color according to YIQ formula (brightness is Y).
 * More info on YIQ here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YIQ. Helper method for
 * goog.color.highContrast()
 * @param {goog.color.Rgb} rgb Color represented by a rgb array.
 * @return {number} brightness (Y).
 * @private
 */
goog.color.yiqBrightness_ = function(rgb) {
  return Math.round((rgb[0] * 299 + rgb[1] * 587 + rgb[2] * 114) / 1000);
};


/**
 * Calculate difference in brightness of two colors. Helper method for
 * goog.color.highContrast()
 * @param {goog.color.Rgb} rgb1 Color represented by a rgb array.
 * @param {goog.color.Rgb} rgb2 Color represented by a rgb array.
 * @return {number} Brightness difference.
 * @private
 */
goog.color.yiqBrightnessDiff_ = function(rgb1, rgb2) {
  return Math.abs(
      goog.color.yiqBrightness_(rgb1) - goog.color.yiqBrightness_(rgb2));
};


/**
 * Calculate color difference between two colors. Helper method for
 * goog.color.highContrast()
 * @param {goog.color.Rgb} rgb1 Color represented by a rgb array.
 * @param {goog.color.Rgb} rgb2 Color represented by a rgb array.
 * @return {number} Color difference.
 * @private
 */
goog.color.colorDiff_ = function(rgb1, rgb2) {
  return Math.abs(rgb1[0] - rgb2[0]) + Math.abs(rgb1[1] - rgb2[1]) +
      Math.abs(rgb1[2] - rgb2[2]);
};

您可以在任何色相背景上有任何色相文本，并确保它是易读的。我一直都这么做。在Javascript中有一个关于可读的彩色文本的公式- STW* 正如它在那个链接上所说的那样，这个公式是逆伽马调整计算的变化，尽管IMHO更易于管理。 该链接右侧的菜单及其相关页面使用随机生成的颜色作为文本和背景，始终清晰可辨。所以，是的，显然这是可以做到的，没有问题。