Still not readable? An interactive tool for recommending color pairs with sufficient contrast based on existing visual designs

Abstract

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Most contrast checking tools allow designers to verify if a set of colors satisfy the minimum contrast requirements for text and background colors. However, such tools usually do not provide the designer with any clues on how the colors should be adjusted to ensure enough contrast. This demo shows our web-based contrast tool which suggests how existing set of colors could be adjusted to satisfy minimum contrast requirements while maintaining the gist of the original visual design