Colorblind Accessibility Manifesto

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Start with “Why?”Before designing a website, or even making a small change to an existing one, ask if your design choices consider the needs of people with color blindness. Changing the button color on your website may seem insignificant, but it could make that website inaccessible to nearly 8% of men and 0.4% of women who have color blindness.Don’t communicate only with colorsCan color really be enough to communicate your message? Color can be one element of a much larger picture, but don’t rely on color to serve as the only element of distinction.Design with shapesColor-blind people can discern the difference between shapes far more easily than between colors. When you design with shapes, you won’t cause unnecessary additional effort for the people who visit your website.Choose the right copyAbsolutely avoid identifying tasks or requests to the user only through color. Include other distinguishing characteristics like shape or size.Test your designs in black and whiteSwitching …