Just found out that 8% of men are colorblind and it blew my mind

I was reading a UX design article last night and stumbled on that stat. Makes me rethink all the red green status indicators I put in my dashboards at work. How do you guys check for colorblind accessibility before launching a project?

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miller.paul20d ago

Have you tried the Stark plugin in Figma? It catches most issues early.

hugo3720d ago

Totally valid concern. Are you using any kind of contrast checking tool in your design software, or are you more just eyeballing it? I'm curious if there's a specific workflow or plugin you've found that actually catches issues before it goes live.

webb.xena20d ago

Actually, you might want to double check that the Stark plugin is set up with the right contrast ratios. It defaults to WCAG AA, but if your project needs AAA compliance, it won't flag those issues unless you change the settings. I learned that the hard way when I thought everything was fine and the client's accessibility audit showed a bunch of failures.