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Why is the Accessibility color contrast only visible in direct color mode vs. Style color where its missing


john-mainboard

This new accessbility contrast checker was added so you can see it when selecting a hex color directly on an object, but however, when you edit a Style color, this accessbility feature is completely missing? Why isn’t this consistent, so you can always see the accessibility contrast?

 

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Luciano
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  • April 8, 2025

Where is that feature? I don't even have it.


dvaliao
Figmate
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  • 4654 replies
  • April 8, 2025

Hey ​@john-mainboard, thanks for reaching out! 

Right now, this is intentionally unavailable for color styles. Since there is no background to compare the color, we aren’t able to calculate a ratio.


dvaliao
Figmate
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  • April 8, 2025

Hi ​@Luciano, thanks for reaching out! 

We launched this feature on March 28th: https://x.com/figma/status/1905637360705896545

You should see the Check color contrast when using the Color picker. 


john-mainboard
dvaliao wrote:

Hey ​@john-mainboard, thanks for reaching out! 

Right now, this is intentionally unavailable for color styles. Since there is no background to compare the color, we aren’t able to calculate a ratio.

I can understand your logic explanation when you’re editing a color style via the main styles view, but when you’re doing it from the artboard and just drilling down, it should be visible because there you DO have the BACKGROUND as you’re deep clicking from the frame background. 


dvaliao
Figmate
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  • April 11, 2025

Hey ​@john-mainboard, thanks for the additional context! 

Ultimately, the team decided not to build out that capability, because it wouldn't necessarily work as intended across all instances, especially when/if users had multiple, i.e. light/dark, versions of the same design. 

Thanks again for the feedback though. This is now on the team’s radar to think through for future improvement. 


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