diff --git a/core/modules/filters/colour-ops.js b/core/modules/filters/colour-ops.js
index 341fb13f6..995b898f6 100644
--- a/core/modules/filters/colour-ops.js
+++ b/core/modules/filters/colour-ops.js
@@ -52,6 +52,30 @@ exports["colour-contrast"] = makeParallelColourOperator(function (colours, opera
 	return colourContrasts;
 });
 
+exports["colour-best-contrast"] = makeParallelColourOperator(function (colours, operator, options, originalColours) {
+	var bestContrast = 0,
+		bestColour = null;
+	if(colours.length < 2) {
+		return [];
+	}
+	var targetColour = colours[colours.length - 1];
+	for(var t=0; t<colours.length; t++) {
+		var colour = colours[t];
+		if(colour) {
+			var contrast = colour.contrast(targetColour,"DeltaPhi");
+			if(contrast > bestContrast) {
+				bestContrast = contrast;
+				bestColour = originalColours[t];
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if(bestColour) {
+		return [bestColour];
+	} else {
+		return [];
+	}
+});
+
 exports["colour-interpolate"] = makeParallelColourOperator(function (colours, operator, options) {
 	// Special case for less than two colours
 	if(colours.length < 2) {
@@ -89,11 +113,13 @@ function makeSerialColourOperator(fn) {
 
 function makeParallelColourOperator(fn) {
 	return function (source, operator, options) {
-		var colours = [];
+		var originalColours = [],
+			colours = [];
 		source(function (tiddler, title) {
+			originalColours.push(title);
 			colours.push($tw.utils.parseCSSColorObject(title));
 		});
-		return fn(colours, operator, options);
+		return fn(colours, operator, options, originalColours);
 	};
 }
 
diff --git a/editions/test/tiddlers/tests/data/operators/colour/ColourBestContrast.tid b/editions/test/tiddlers/tests/data/operators/colour/ColourBestContrast.tid
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d52ca4213
--- /dev/null
+++ b/editions/test/tiddlers/tests/data/operators/colour/ColourBestContrast.tid
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+title: Operators/Colour/ColourBestContrast
+description: Best contrast colour function
+type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki-multiple
+tags: [[$:/tags/wiki-test-spec]]
+
+title: Output
+
+\parsermode inline
+<$text text={{{ [subfilter{Filter}] }}}/>
++
+title: Filter
+
+[[black]] [[gray]] [[green]] +[colour-best-contrast:DeltaPhi[]]
++
+title: ExpectedResult
+
+black
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