Color Contrast Checker

Color Contrast Checker & Recommendations Tool
What is Color Contrast Checker?
'Color Contrast Checker' is a unique, user-friendly Chrome extension designed to enhance digital accessibility. It benefits individuals with vision impairments by optimizing contrast and brightness levels as per WCAG and ADA guidelines. Its perfect layout offers an array of colors and recommendations with the ability to input hex codes, verify color contrast ratios, and foresee pass/fail statuses as per WCAG 2.1 conformance levels. Users can freely apply the suggestions to their websites and apps, making it a notable tool for promoting digital inclusion.

Extension stats

Users: 3,000+
Rating: 4.89 (9)
Version: 1.6.7 (Last updated: 2023-10-25)
Creation date: 2022-04-21
Risk impact: Very low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Size: 2.99M
URLs: Website

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Extension summary

Color Contrast Checker is a tool designed to make digital spaces perceivable for a wide array of users including individuals with low vision, color blindness, and vision impairments regulating contrast and brightness levels. In its entirety, it improves the visual experience and promotes digital inclusion in adherence to WCAG and ADA. Color Contrast Checker by Pivotal Accessibility unlike no other offers recommendations and allows the user to choose from the suggested color palette. The uber-cool feature in this new-age color contrast checker is the ability to make independent background/foreground color changes providing you with on-point solutions.

Technical Specifications and App Features: ❯ Stunning and intact layout ❯ Offers an assortment of colors

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User reviews

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Pros
  • Easy to use
  • Provides helpful recommendations
  • Saves time for accessibility testers
  • Fluid UI/UX
  • Generates automatic color suggestions
Cons
    Most mentioned
    • Very useful tool
    • Highly recommended for accessibility practitioners
    • Great for checking color contrast ratios
    • Good support and instructions
    • Eagerly awaiting new updates and features
    Recent reviews
    Very good! Love the recommendation's also!
    by Hauen Media, 2023-11-08

    Very useful tool! And easy to use.
    by onkar ruikar, 2023-07-18

    Finally. After installing 7-8 extension this is the only one that appears to a) do something; b) have instructions and support, c) actually provide some assistance with determining whether I can safely state my foreground text is of high enough contrast with the background image. Well done.
    by Brad Chapman, 2022-12-08
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    Extension safety

    Risk impact

    Color Contrast Checker does not require any sensitive permissions.

    Risk likelihood

    Color Contrast Checker has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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