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Checkmycolours.com spots color gaffes in your web designs

One more tool to consider adding to your arsenal is Checkmycolours. Drop a URL into the box and press the check button, and you'll receive an exhaustive analysis of page elements and their contrast ratio and brightness/color difference. You can view the complete report or switch to an error-only view to focus on potential problems.
No, an automated checker isn't a substitute for years of design experience and an eye for what works, but this can definitely be a helpful reference point.
Here's a shocker for you - Checkmycolours.com passes their own tests with flying...oh, never mind.
Want more great color tools? If you missed it, Dolores put together a fantastic roundup of 10 great online color apps.
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Geir said 4:22AM on 6-12-2009
I ran a test on http://www.checkmycolours.com/ and got this result:
Testing done on 84 elements
Luminosity Contrast Ratio: 2 failures
Brightness difference: 2 failures
Color difference: 2 failures
The screenshot for the article shows pass though....strange...or maybe they modified the page between our runs...
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Albert S said 7:31PM on 6-12-2009
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Testing done on 1197 elements
Luminosity Contrast Ratio: 277 failures
Brightness difference: 307 failures
Color difference: 524 failures
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Lee Mathews said 6:09PM on 6-12-2009
We don't like to do things halfway.