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From: Sean Keegan
Date: Aug 27, 2015 10:18AM

Hi Angela,

A few tools that may suit your need for checking in the browser include:

- Chrome Color Contrast Analyzer (
http://accessibility.oit.ncsu.edu/tools/color-contrast-chrome/)

- Firefox WCAG Color Contrast Analyzer (
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/wcag-contrast-checker/)

- Firefox Juicy Studio Accessibility Toolbar (
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/juicy-studio-accessibility-too/
)

I use all of them in different capacities, so I can't say one is the best.
I do like the WCAG Color Contrast Analyzer for its ability to demonstrate
basic types of color-blindness and show how that web page may be
interpreted with those filters. Good for demos.


Take care,
Sean


From: Angela French < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Cc:
> Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2015 17:29:13 +0000
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Contrast page checker?
> I've always found that interface really confusing visually. If I test
> this url: http://dev.sbctc.edu/_testing/test-template-errors.aspx the
> Summary seems to indicate that I have 16 contrast errors. But I don't know
> how to make it show where those contrast issues are. If I check the same
> page on achecker.ca I get zero contrast errors.
>
> Angela French
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On
> Behalf Of Jordan Wilson
> Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2015 9:57 AM
> To: WebAim Forum ( <EMAIL REMOVED> )
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Contrast page checker?
>
> http://wave.webaim.org includes both of those abilities if I understand
> you correctly.
>
>
>
>
>
> On 8/26/15, 12:41 PM, "WebAIM-Forum on behalf of Angela French"
> < <EMAIL REMOVED> on behalf of <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> wrote:
>
> >Anyone know of a color contrast validator where you can put in the URL
> >and it will show the issues for the page (as opposed to entering the
> >color value in a tool like that on WebAIM?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >
> >
> >Angela French
> >Internet Specialist
> >Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
> >360-704-4316
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> >www.checkoutacollege.com<http://www.checkoutacollege.com/>;
> >www.sbctc.edu<http://www.sbctc.edu/>;
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