My homepage looked fine to me until a colorblind friend pointed out the issue

I designed a new landing page for my side project last month and thought the green text on a gray background was clean. A buddy with deuteranopia took one look and said he couldn't read half the buttons. I ran it through a contrast checker and the ratio was like 2.1:1, way below the WCAG minimum of 4.5:1. I switched to a darker shade and now the text pops for everyone. Has anyone else had a design fail that only showed up when someone with a vision issue looked at it?

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oscarm2420d ago

Honestly, this feels like overthinking it. Most people aren't colorblind, so if 95% of your users see it fine, chasing that last 5% just bloats your design process.

kevin_murray8820d ago

Yeah, that "95% is fine" logic works great until you're the one who can't tell the difference between "add to cart" and "delete account.