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Color Accessibility Tester

The Color Accessibility Tester lets you instantly check the contrast between text and background colors and verify compliance with WCAG AA and AAA guidelines. It also offers accessibility suggestions and simulates how your color combinations appear to users with various forms of color blindness.

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Color Accessibility Tester

Quick Colors:

Testing Options

16px (Normal)

Live Preview

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Accessibility Results

Contrast Ratio

21.00
AAA (Perfect)

WCAG Compliance

AAA
✓ WCAG AA (Normal Text)
✓ WCAG AAA (Normal Text)
✓ WCAG AA (Large Text)
✓ WCAG AAA (Large Text)

Detailed Analysis

Luminance Ratio: 21.00:1
Foreground Luminance: 0.00
Background Luminance: 1.00
Color Difference: 765
Brightness Difference: 255%

Color Blind Simulation

Normal Vision
Protanopia (Red-Blind)
Deuteranopia (Green-Blind)
Tritanopia (Blue-Blind)

WCAG Accessibility Guidelines

WCAG AA (Minimum)

  • Normal Text: 4.5:1 contrast ratio
  • Large Text: 3:1 contrast ratio
  • Graphics: 3:1 contrast ratio

WCAG AAA (Enhanced)

  • Normal Text: 7:1 contrast ratio
  • Large Text: 4.5:1 contrast ratio
  • Graphics: 4.5:1 contrast ratio

Text Size Definitions

  • Normal Text: < 18px or < 14px bold
  • Large Text: ≥ 18px or ≥ 14px bold
  • Graphics: Icons and UI components

Common Accessibility Issues

Light gray on light gray

Poor Contrast

Ratio: 1.3:1 (Fails all levels)

Light red on white

Color Deficiency Issue

Hard for color-blind users

Dark blue on light gray

Good Contrast

Ratio: 8.2:1 (AAA compliant)

White on green

Excellent Contrast

Ratio: 4.8:1 (AA compliant)

How to Use This Tool

The Color Accessibility Tester Tool helps designers, developers, and accessibility specialists evaluate whether text and background color combinations meet WCAG contrast ratio guidelines. Start by choosing your foreground color (text) and background color using the color picker or by entering a HEX code. For quick testing, use preset options like Black on White, White on Black, Blue on White, or Yellow on Black. The tool instantly calculates the contrast ratio, luminance difference, and color brightness levels for your selected combination.

Next, explore the testing options to refine your results. Adjust font size, font weight, and test text to simulate real-world scenarios. Enable large text preview, graphics preview, or color-blind simulation to see how your design looks for users with different visual abilities. The live preview panel demonstrates how your chosen colors appear in buttons, links, cards, and input fields, making it easier to identify accessibility issues early in the design process.

Finally, check the WCAG compliance results, which show whether your color choices pass AA or AAA standards for normal text, large text, and graphics. Use the detailed analysis to review luminance ratios, brightness differences, and accessibility scores. If your combination fails, swap or randomize colors until you find one that meets the requirements. With this tool, you can create accessible, user-friendly, and inclusive interfaces that improve readability and meet global accessibility standards.
Practical Use Cases
Ensure text is legible according to WCAG guidelines.
Improve accessibility in branding, UI, and web content.
Simulate color combinations for users with color vision deficiencies.
Quickly adjust colors using built-in improvement suggestions.

Key Features

WCAG Contrast Checking

Calculates the contrast ratio and checks for AA (4.5:1) and AAA (7:1) compliance.

Color Blindness Simulation

Simulates how colors appear with Protanopia, Deuteranopia, Tritanopia, and Achromatopsia.

Live Color Preview

Shows your color combination on sample text, buttons, and form elements.

Detailed Feedback & Suggestions

Provides specific reasons for failure and suggests lighter/darker adjustments.

Color Code Output

Provides accessible color values in HEX, RGB, and HSL formats for easy implementation.

Frequently Asked Questions

The tool checks against the WCAG 2.1 guidelines for contrast (Success Criterion 1.4.3). It evaluates for both Level AA (minimum contrast ratio of 4.5:1 for normal text) and Level AAA (enhanced contrast ratio of 7:1 for normal text).

The simulations use widely accepted algorithms to approximate how someone with a specific color vision deficiency might perceive the color combination. While it is a close approximation, it cannot perfectly represent every individual's experience.

No. All processing happens locally in your browser. Your color choices are not sent to any server or stored in a database, ensuring your design choices remain private.

Yes. While this tool provides color pickers, you can manually input HEX, RGB, or HSL values from your website's style guide to test them. Some browser extensions can also extract colors directly from a live page.

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