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Are your colour contrasts accessible?

October 26, 2008

Probably the most notable issue regarding accessible colours is to what extent the colour is discernible to a colour-blind person. Hence it is not advisable to rely on colour alone as a means of conveying information. But web designers should also consider how well foreground and background colours work together. If they are too close they may not provide enough contrast. Do you know if the colour contrasts on your pages comply with the guidelines?

Getting to grips with WCAG 2.0

July 15, 2008

There is much more information in WCAG 2.0 than WCAG 1.0. In fact it’s really quite overwhelming. Whereas WCAG 1.0 contained guidelines, checkpoints and techniques, WCAG 2.0 contains principles, guidelines, success criteria, techniques and common failures. More information is welcome; but it’s only a good thing if it’s easily digestible and people are prepared to get to grips with it. Here’s a brief guide to finding you way in.

W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines

June 2, 2008

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) published an extensive series of accessibility checkpoints in 1999 (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (WCAG 1.0)). New guidelines (WCAG 2.0) are on their way.