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November Accessibility Focus: Color Contrast

Color contrast helps users with low visibility see what’s on your web pages. The WebAIM Million found low contrast text is the most common error. This doesn’t even include the graphics and charts with color contrast issues.

These issues are easily preventable once you know the requirements and tools you can use to check for color contrast.

The articles and videos below introduce you to contrast accessibility requirements and tools, so you know how to fix and avoid low contrast errors on your own website.

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Featured Color Contrast Resources

Color Contrast Tools Videos

More Color Contrast Articles

Color Contrast Result Documentation

This is the WAVE results associated with color contrast. WAVE is a free tool you can use to check a page for accessibility issues.


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