It turns colour into a number.
Colour tools turn visual choices into measurable values such as contrast ratios or colour coordinates. That makes them useful checks, not automatic design decisions.
Colour & Accessibility
Check a foreground colour against a surface colour.
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Compared with #111111
Use this for icon, button-label and link-state checks.
Useful to know
Colour tools turn visual choices into measurable values such as contrast ratios or colour coordinates. That makes them useful checks, not automatic design decisions.
A passing number cannot judge hierarchy, glare, display calibration, print stock or whether the surrounding design is actually readable.
Use the number as a signal, then look at the real text size, weight, background and surrounding colours.
Check the real size and context after the number passes. Small text and thin weights usually need more breathing room than the minimum.