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From: Joe Humbert (A11y)
Date: Jun 23, 2021 5:58AM

Accessibility Inspector that comes with Xcode on MacOS will allow you to get accurate colors if they fail certain criteria. You can use this with any Application (your own developed, client source code, or Apps from the app store). You will need to connect you iOS/iPadOS device to a Mac with Xcode installed. I think you need to register the device with Xcode, but then it will work.

https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2019/257/

I can probably do a screen recording tomorrow and send a link.

For Android, Accessibility Scanner will get you the colors, but not the font sizes or weights. I don't remember off the top of my head if Accessibility Inspector's Audit gives the font size/ weight.

Thankx,
Joe Humbert, CPWA
Accessibility Champion
Android & iOS Accessibility Novice
Twitter: @joehumbert