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Dev tools · June 20, 2017

Shade

Super easy color contrast insights and recommendations

Shade launched on June 20, 2017 with 105 votes, #426 of 3,107 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 9 years on.

Visit halogensoftworks.com ↗Shade alternativestop 14% of June 2017

What it does

The greatest contrast tool in the galaxy

Shade includes Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 contrast validation. Always available in your menubar when you need it, and out of the way when you don't. Shade walks the color wheel and suggests colors to achieve the requiredfrom halogensoftworks.com

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