{"id":7721,"date":"2023-04-27T11:37:22","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T10:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/?p=7721"},"modified":"2023-08-23T15:43:21","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T14:43:21","slug":"text-contrast-made-easy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/2023\/04\/27\/text-contrast-made-easy\/","title":{"rendered":"How can we make accessible text colour choices at the University of Southampton?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When text does not have enough contrast, it is hard to read. This not only affects those who have a visual impairment but can also make situational impacts worse. For example, if we try to read text on a screen in poor lighting conditions (too much or too little light), low-contrast text can make it even more difficult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"595\" height=\"304\" src=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/321\/2021\/04\/nl-con-4.png\" alt=\"\u201cYour feedback\u201d appears in white text with a yellow background, with a contrast ratio of 1.7:1. The image has a reflection of an open window on it, making the text much harder to read. In some places the contrast of the text is as low as 1.0001:1.\" class=\"wp-image-6165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/321\/2021\/04\/nl-con-4.png 595w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/321\/2021\/04\/nl-con-4-300x153.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Text with insufficient contrast is even harder to read when we encounter situational impairments such as screen glare.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the latest <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/webaim.org\/projects\/million\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WebAIM survey of the million most popular webpages<\/a>, low contrast text was found on 83.6% of pages. Here at the University of Southampton, materials uploaded to Blackboard have over 140,000 contrast issues and it\u2019s also common to find contrast issues on the University website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How do we measure text contrast?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"paragraph_kTR80h2uyq_\">The <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C)<\/a> has a set of <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/WAI\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Accessibility Guidelines<\/a>, which include a method for checking whether the background and text colour have enough contrast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"paragraph_7oR80houyq_\">In simple terms, this involves <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/planetcalc.com\/7779\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">comparing the relative luminance of the two colours<\/a>. The result is a contrast ratio. We should be aiming for a <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/WAI\/WCAG21\/Understanding\/contrast-minimum.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1 or higher<\/a> between the background colour and the text colour to meet the minimum \u201cAA\u201d accessibility requirement. Ideally we should aim for a contrast ratio of <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/WAI\/WCAG21\/Understanding\/contrast-enhanced\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">7:1 or higher<\/a> to meet the enhanced \u201cAAA\u201d level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How can I check that I am using sufficient contrast?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"paragraph_qsgmaQ1Ntl_\">If you use a University PC it\u2019s easy to find out if text, you are composing has sufficient contrast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>From Additional Software on the desktop, install the TPGi Colour Contrast Picker.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When you open this tool, you can enter the code for a foreground and background colour or use the colour dropper to look up a colour.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The tool will tell you if your colour combination passes the Web Content Accessibility Guideline for text contrast and at which level.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"662\" height=\"898\" src=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/321\/2023\/04\/CCA.png\" alt=\"The foreground colour #FFFFFF is checked against the background colour #015A84. The tool shows an example text using this colour combination and the resulting contrast ratio of 7.5:1. It shows that all tests have passed, meeting the enhanced, AAA, level.\" class=\"wp-image-7722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/321\/2023\/04\/CCA.png 662w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/321\/2023\/04\/CCA-221x300.png 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 662px) 100vw, 662px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Checking the contrast of two colours using the TPGi Colour Contrast Picker.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Top tips<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"paragraph_llxBRppiIS_\">Here\u2019s a list of other useful strategies, tools and websites that can help you to present text in an accessible way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A straightforward way to think about it is that dark text on a light background or light text on a dark background are likely to have sufficient contrast. For example, white text on a yellow background is highly unlikely to be sufficient, but black text on a yellow background should.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you are using the University brand, you can quickly find out <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/matthewdeeprose.github.io\/matrix\/matrix.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">which colour combinations meet accessibility guidelines<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If a colour combination does not have sufficient contrast, the <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/contrast-finder.tanaguru.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tanaguru contrast finder<\/a> can help you to find accessible alternatives.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Putting text over an image? The <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/codepen.io\/yaphi1\/live\/oNbEqGV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Optimal Overlay Finder<\/a> will help you identify what level of opacity should be added between the image and the text to ensure the text has sufficient contrast.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Writing content with links but don\u2019t want to underline your links? Use the <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/webaim.org\/resources\/linkcontrastchecker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WebAIM Link Contrast Checker<\/a> to find out if you have enough contrast between the body text and link text so that there is sufficient contrast that an underline would not be necessary.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simple tools and techniques are available that help University of Southampton staff make accessible colour choices when presenting text.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":918,"featured_media":7724,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[209,3],"tags":[86,284,260,261],"class_list":["post-7721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-accessibility","category-creating-content","tag-accessibility","tag-ask-us","tag-colour","tag-contrast"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site 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