To evaluate the color contrast characteristics of your desired colors, try out this tool. Note that your results are not warranted. If you get a result that doesn't make sense to you, use another method to double-check it. (Requires JavaScript and style sheets; Works best on Firefox 3.6, IE 6, 7, 8 (on the PC) and Safari (on the MAC OS Snow Leopard).
Instructions
Please enter a RGB foreground and background color pair in the hexadecimal six character format.
Background
Foreground
Results
Sample
This is Sample Text
Contrast Ratio
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Compliance Level
N/A
Note
The compliance rate shown above is the highest compliance rate met.
The WCAG 2.0 level AA and proposed Section 508 refresh compliance level
is based on achieving a contrast ratio of 3:1 for text with a size of 18
points (14 points if bolded) or larger or 4.5:1 for text with a size
less than 18 points. The WCAG 2.0 level AAA compliance level is meet
when a contrast ration of 7:1 is achieved for text less than 18 points
and 4.5:1 for text 18 points (14 points if bolded) or larger.
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