Demystifying colors for accessible digital experiences

 

• The Need for a System
  • Is your product used by more than a dozen people?
  • Is the product growing in features?
  • Is your team growing?
  • If the answer to the above is a resounding yes, then your team needs a system.
• The Essentials
  • What makes a good color system? There is no definitive answer to this. The interface requirements of today are bound to change with the advent of AR/VR experiences. For the time-being, I say a good color system should be:
  • Accessible
  • Systematic
  • Scalable
• Accessibility
  • Accessibility should be the cornerstone of a color system.
  • Complying to WCAG
  • Compliance with WCAG section 1.4.3 ensures that the system allows confident usage, without the reliance on manual contrast checks using third-party tools. For any new designer, getting started with the product should be effortless.
• Systematic Approach
  • Utilizing a systematic approach towards color reduces, yet does not eliminate subjectivity. This is due to the innate nature of colors. It is essentially our brain interpreting different electromagnetic wavelengths that are undoubtedly distinctive for each one of us.

Links

• https://uxdesign.cc/my-struggle-with-colors-52156c664b87

Categories

• Transportation

Tags

• Accessibility
• Design
• WCAG
• Best Practice