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Using New Color Formats
Miriam Suzanne, Stacy Kvernmo, and James Stuckey Weber demo how to use new color formats with OddContrast, a color tool for previewing, accessibility testing, and selecting the format/space.
What we cover:
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- Why we made OddContrast
- What are the new color formats, and why use them?
- What does “in gamut” mean?
- Specifying fallbacks
- Why care about contrast?
- How does alpha impact contrast?
Links:
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- OddContrast GitHub Issues
- Color.js
- W3C CSS Color Module Level 4
- Okay, Color Spaces
- Palette Juicer
- Oklch.com
- Gamut Mapping Gradients
Demos:
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