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Ui3 color contrast fail (no longer WCAG level AA conformant)

  • September 19, 2024
  • 2 replies
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alex214

Hi there,

The new UI3 uses an updated gray font color which is lighter than before.
At the same time, there are new light-gray background boxes behind the gray fonts & icons.

The lighter texts and darker backgrounds reduced contrast and compromised readability significantly. In fact parts of the UI fail WCAG level-AA color contrast.

Here’s how I use Figma to quickly test color contrast for accessibility in my designs;

  • And are we using a smaller font in the UI3 to make up for the added padding? (other people already posting about padding but the weenie fonts making me feel real old today).

I have perfect vision and on first impressions this visual update immediately strains my eyes.

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shaina1
  • 4 replies
  • September 19, 2024

UI3 is a nightmare in dark mode, i can’t tell input fields from the background without putting conscious effort into finding them. I’m reverting back to UI2 where things were usable.


CH11
  • New Member
  • 1 reply
  • December 9, 2024

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It seems like many others have already mentioned this, but I wanted to add my feedback as well. The red color combined with the grey background is really hard on the eyes and not WCAG-friendly, even for someone with great vision like me. I’d really appreciate it if you could look into improving this.


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