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Colour & Accessibility

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Preview approximate deuteranopia, protanopia or tritanopia transformations locally.

Useful to know

Four things worth knowing.

What it is

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.

Where it stops

Passing is not the whole design.

A passing number cannot judge hierarchy, glare, display calibration, print stock or whether the surrounding design is actually readable.

Check it at real size.

Use the number as a signal, then look at the real text size, weight, background and surrounding colours.

Treat the number as a floor.

Check the real size and context after the number passes. Small text and thin weights usually need more breathing room than the minimum.