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Life & fun · March 7, 2019

Find Accessible Colors

A modern tool for exploring and finding accessible colors. Make sure that everyone can see your creations.

Find Accessible Colors launched on March 7, 2019 with 11 votes, #1,033 of 2,994 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 7 years on.

In plain words

Find Accessible Colors is a tool for selecting color combinations that meet accessibility standards. It helps designers and developers ensure their color choices are readable for people with color vision deficiency and other visual impairments. The tool is built for anyone creating digital interfaces or visual content who needs to verify that their color selections provide sufficient contrast and clarity for all users.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

From the sources

We experience contrast differently in different colors. Because of how our eyes work, blue text on a white background will be much more easily read than a yellow. When you are designing for humans, in whatever medium, this is something to always keep in mind. Even more importantly, an estimated 217 million people live with a visual impairment. To help make sure that your work can be used and read by as many people as possible, always keep an eye on the relative contrast between your colors. This makes sure that everyone has a chance to view your content, including those with color blindness. For digital work, the WCAG standard has been put together for this purpose and is what this site…from color.review

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