Sarah, Look at http://colorusage.arc.nasa.gov/index.php Use the color tool to experiment with different text and background colors, hues, etc.
Hope this helps. Rob Epstein On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 11:12 PM, Sarah Kampman <[email protected]>wrote: > Is there a standard or recommendation for minimum color contrast in a > software UI? > > I will be using a white background for editable data and a light gray > background for read-only data. The text in both cases is black and is > quite readable. What I am unsure of is how light I can make the > read-only cells' gray background so that it is attractive and minimally > intrusive, but still differentiable for users with low vision, screen > glare, or projectors. > > Unfortunately, all web searches are turning up tools and guidelines > around the contrast of foreground and background, not the comparison of > two different backgrounds. Any help or URLs will be appreciated! > > Thanks in advance, > Sarah Kampman > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [email protected] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
