Color Contrast

Good color contrast ensures that all students—including those with low vision or color blindness—can read your content comfortably.

Best Practices

  • Use high contrast between text and background.
  • Avoid using color alone to convey meaning (e.g., red for “wrong”).
  • Test your slides, documents, and web content with a contrast checker.

Good Contrast:

  • Black text on a white background
  • Dark blue text on a light gray background

Poor Contrast:

  • Maroon text on black
  • Orange text on maroon
  • Light gray text on white