Accessibility contrast checker
Pick a text colour and a background colour to see the exact WCAG contrast ratio and whether it passes AA and AAA. Poor contrast is the single most common accessibility failure on small business websites.
Normal body text at 16px. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
Large text at 24px looks like this.
Bold large text at 18.66px counts as large too.
15.95:1
Contrast ratio, from 1:1 at worst to 21:1 at best.
Large text means 24px and above, or 18.66px and above when bold. AA is the level most UK organisations aim for and the level referenced by the public sector accessibility regulations. AAA is stricter and worth hitting for long passages of reading.
Accessibility overlaps heavily with usability and search. Read more about how I approach web design.
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