Open cheddar opened 10 years ago
+1
I've mentioned to @ianjorgensen and @skrugman recently that I would like us to start exploring accessible typography (there are standards for things like type vs. background color contrast, and we should try to meet them and/or have a user option for an accessible color and type "skin").
This is important. I will address it Monday.
On May 3, 2014, at 12:31 AM, Jana Beck notifications@github.com wrote:
+1
I've mentioned to @ianjorgensen and @skrugman recently that I would like us to start exploring accessible typography (there are standards for things like type vs. background color contrast, and we should try to meet them and/or have a user option for an accessible color and type "skin").
— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub.
Btw, was talking with my accessibility analyst friend about this stuff some more over the weekend and he told me something that I wasn't thinking about. I'll borrow the words from Apple's usability guides
Although color can greatly enhance a user interface, make sure it is not the only source of information. A blind user may not be able to distinguish between two objects that differ only in color
So, perhaps we need to look into some other way to visualize the two states without relying on color alone?
To test for color blindness nothing beats being color blind, even better being all types of color blind at once: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/colorblind-vision/id401516863?mt=8
@cheddar yes color and shape is the general rule, street crossing lights are a good example of this.
Another link that might be helpful.
http://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/visual-audio-contrast-without-color.html
Our recommended versus actual bolus colors are not accessible to colorblind people. Given the room for complications with diabetes, I think it's important that we design for being as accessible to as many people with "disabilities" as possible from the beginning, so I think we should reconsider the color choices.
I might be wrong on the colors, but from what Chrome told me the colors are
actual:
#79d0f2
recommended:#bcecfa
There's a handy website that you can use to verify that colors will contrast enough to be visible to the color blind: http://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/
This website shows that our current color choices fail. We should strive for at least WCAG AA. AAA is great, but AA is generally minimum.