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Color Contrast Ratio Checker

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Check foreground and background color contrast for WCAG AA and AAA compliance with suggestions.

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Color Contrast Ratio Checker
Sample Text Preview
21:1
PASS
AA Normal Text
Min: 4.5:1
PASS
AA Large Text
Min: 3:1
PASS
AAA Normal Text
Min: 7:1

Knowing a color pairing fails WCAG contrast is only half of what's actually useful, the other half is knowing what to change it to, and a checker that stops at a pass-or-fail verdict leaves picking a replacement color to trial and error rather than offering an actual answer. This tool checks a foreground and background pairing against WCAG AA and AAA thresholds and, when it fails, suggests a specific adjusted color that would pass instead, rather than a verdict alone.

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Useful for getting a concrete replacement color the moment a current pairing fails AA, choosing between AA and the stricter AAA threshold for a project with a higher accessibility bar, or fixing a failing color pairing directly from the suggestion instead of guessing at a few alternatives by eye.

Key features

  • Clean interface
  • Fast processing
  • No signup required
  • Works offline

Quick answers for Color Contrast Ratio Checker

How is this different from the Contrast Auditor and Contrast Matrix tools?
This is the simplest of the three, it checks exactly one foreground and background pair with a live sample-text preview, without the batch auditing or multi-color grid the other two provide.
What does the live preview show?
Sample text rendered in your chosen foreground color on your chosen background color, updating immediately so you can see readability alongside the numeric ratio.
What pass levels does it report?
AA, AAA, and AA Large Text ratings, each shown as pass or fail based on the calculated WCAG contrast ratio for your color pair.