Screenshot of randoma11y.com – a tool for generating high-contrast color pairs

Randoma11y – High-Contrast Accessible Color Pairs

🔗 randoma11y.com is a surprisingly effective minimalist tool designed for web developers, interface designers, and accessibility advocates. Its main purpose is to generate random background/text color pairs that meet the WCAG 2.1 contrast ratio requirements, making them readable for people with visual impairments or low vision. Upon each refresh, the site presents a new color combination, displaying both HEX values, the exact contrast ratio (e.g. 9.41:1), and a ready-made CSS snippet. Visitors can vote on whether the combination is good or bad, slowly building a kind of crowdsourced archive of aesthetically pleasing and functionally accessible color sets. ...

July 28, 2025 · Cogimator Team