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Re: Colour contrast measurement techniques

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From: glen walker
Date: Feb 18, 2023 1:44PM

I mainly use an eyedropper tool out of laziness. I bring up the code
inspector for the element I want to inspect and look at the CSS color for
the text. But rather than type the RGB value from the CSS into a contrast
checker, I use an eyedropper to choose the CSS color sample that's shown in
the code inspector. That's just a minor variation of what you are doing,
Jeff. We're bothing using a contrast tool. Whether you type the RGB value
or use a color picker shouldn't matter (assuming the color picker is used
on a solid color from the CSS and not an anti-aliased color).


On Sat, Feb 18, 2023 at 1:38 PM < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> This thread has me wondering whether I have been checking contrast
> ineffectively.
> I have not been able to see an eye dropper tool for 10 years or more. When
> I have doubts about color combinations these days, I just plug them into
> the Webaim tool.
> Is that an incomplete means of monitoring contrast?
>
> Jeff Gutsell
>
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