Accessible Palette
A tool for creating accessible color palettes with consistent lightness and contrast using CIELAB/LCh, ensuring WCAG compliance.
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60
User Rating
2.0
Free/Trial Support
Supported
Starting Price
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Last Updated
Aug 04, 2026
Overview
What is Accessible Palette?
Accessible Palette is a web-based tool that generates color systems with consistent perceived lightness and contrast ratios, based on CIELAB/LCh color models instead of HSL, to meet WCAG accessibility guidelines.
What is Accessible Palette used for?
Top Features
- Generate color palettes with consistent lightness
- Calculate WCAG 2.1 and 3.0 contrast ratios
- Use CIELAB/LCh for human-perceived color accuracy
- Adjust Chroma, Hue, and lightness levels
- Save palettes with unique URLs for reuse
How to use Accessible Palette?
Start by pasting brand colors or adjusting default palettes, tweak Chroma and Hue, calculate color ranges in RGB or CIELAB, shift Hue for natural transitions, and check contrast ratios against white or selected backgrounds to ensure WCAG compliance.
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Pros & Cons
Pros
- Ensures accessibility compliance
- Uses perceptually accurate color models
- Easy to use with intuitive controls
- Free and web-based
Cons
- Requires understanding of color theory for advanced tweaks
- Limited to web platform
Use Cases
- Designing accessible websites and apps
- Creating brand color systems
- Ensuring WCAG compliance in UI design
Accessible Palette Pricing
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