Section 508 - Testing Web Content Accessibility
Color Contrast Checker - Web Content Accessibility Tool
The 'Color Contrast Checker' is a powerful Chrome extension designed for those keen on making their web content easily accessible to users. It tests the contrast ratio and the luminosity levels of your web pages against the WCAG 2.0 level AA and AAA standards. This tool is a boon for web designers, developers, and anyone seeking to build visually harmonized and accessible web interfaces.
Extension stats
Manifest V2
Permissions:
- activeTab
- storage
Size: 134.14K
Full description: See detailed description
Other platforms
Not available on Android
Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge
User reviews
When you click the button to either pick foreground/background box the overlay on the page is not move-able. In my case I was checking the skip links in the top left of the page when focused. Except I couldn't use this tool because it obscured the link.
by
Peter Row, 2019-09-20
Extension safety
Risk impact
Color Contrast Checker does not require any sensitive permissions.
Risk impact analysis details
- Low Request access to the following domains:
Risk likelihood
We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of Color Contrast Checker. Use it at your own risk.
Risk likelihood analysis details
- High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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