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Does Eye-Able® Assists contrast mode improve WCAG compliance?

Recommendation for designing contrasts on your website

We generally recommend adapting the basic design of your website to the WCAG as much as possible. This means, in particular, complying with minimum contrast requirements.

However, WCAG and BITV also allow an alternative view of the website with higher contrast. This means that the requirements for minimum contrast (AA) and extended contrast (AAA) can be met without changing the basic design.

The requirements for this are:

  • The switch to contrast mode itself has good contrast – ideally at least 7:1.
  • The contrast view must contain the same information as the basic view.

Further information on this topic can be found directly in the WCAG recommendations.

Our recommendation for implementation

We recommend making our contrast function accessible via an additional switch that can be reached from all pages. A good position for this would be in the navigation or in a quick menu, for example.

The contrast mode is manually adjusted when the licence is transferred to your website so that all elements remain clearly visible.

For more information on linking the assist functions to your own controls, please refer to our article on the Eye-Able API.

If you have any questions, please contact our support team!