What you'll learn

This technical course covers the knowledge and resources you need to create and test accessible colour contrast in digital designs. In under an hour, you’ll learn how to meet web accessibility standards for colour contrast and tools to test your designs. This self-paced course features short videos with English closed captions, video transcripts, and a revision quiz to help make it stick.

  • Understand colour contrast

    Learn why low contrast is the most common accessibility issue for digital assets and how to break these barriers.

  • WCAG minimum contrast requirements

    Develop an understanding of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and how to meet the minimum contrast requirements for Level AA and Level AAA.

  • Check colour contrast in your work

    Discover the different resources and tools you can use to check the colour contrast of your work, and the pros and cons of each.

Course curriculum

    1. Hello!

    2. Equipment, access and help

    3. Welcome and course overview

    1. 1. What is colour contrast?

    2. 2. Who benefits from good colour contrast?

    3. 3. Minimum contrast ratios for text

    4. 4. Minimum contrast ratios for other elements

    5. 5. Distinguishing states

    6. 6. Checking colour contrast

    7. 7. Colour contrast best practices

    1. Wrap-up and next steps

    2. Course Completion Quiz

    3. Course Handout, Resources and References

    4. Complete this course

About this course

  • $150.00
  • 40 minutes watch time
  • Learn at your own pace
  • Certificate upon completion

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Why colour contrast matters

  • Accessibility

    Good colour contrast ensures that people who are blind or have low vision, are colour blind, or have cognitive and learning disabilities can still access and understand your digital products, information, and services.

  • Legal compliance

    Conforming to the minimum WCAG requirements ensure you are meeting government legislation and policies in countries and continents including Australia, UK, Europe and the US.

  • User experience

    Good colour contrast creates a better user experience for everyone. It helps to improves the readability, legibility, and usability of design.

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