What is WCAG Color contrast checker?

WCAG Color contrast checker is a Chrome extension developed by Jorge Rumoroso, and its main feature is "To check the color contrast between foreground and background of the texts".

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Extension Usage Instructions

It checks the color contrast between the foreground and background of the elements that are in the page according to the WCAG 2.2.

It evaluates the contrast on all elements of the page considering their computed style for the color and background-color CSS properties. In case of these colors are defined with RGBA values, it also considers the opacity to deduce the real color that finally is show.

It can simulate color blindness and evaluate the contrast for the simulations. By this way, developers can see how the pages look for colorblind users.

The tool also includes two fields in which the colors can be introduced manually to be tested. It also allows to pick the color directly from the documents.

Finally, it auto-refreshes when DOM of the page changes (addition or removing elements), but if the page has many changes, this behavior can be de-activated.

Privacy statement on: https://rumoroso.bitbucket.io/

Extension Basic Information

Name	WCAG Color contrast checker
ID	plnahcmalebffmaghcpcmpaciebdhgdf
Official URL	https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/wcag-color-contrast-check/plnahcmalebffmaghcpcmpaciebdhgdf
Description	To check the color contrast between foreground and background of the texts
File Size	163 KB
Installation Count	61,408
Current Version	3.8.4
Last Updated	2024-03-03
Publish Date	2020-06-26
Rating	4.05/5 Total 20 Ratings
Developer	Jorge Rumoroso
Email	[email protected]
Payment Type	free
Supported Languages	en
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