{"id":45242,"date":"2018-08-23T21:01:50","date_gmt":"2018-08-23T13:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=45242"},"modified":"2022-10-14T18:53:08","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T10:53:08","slug":"test-websites-accessibility-color-rating-with-hex-naw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/test-websites-accessibility-color-rating-with-hex-naw\/","title":{"rendered":"Test Website&#8217;s Accessibility Color Rating With Hex Naw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Hex Naw is now unavailable.<\/p>\n<p>Looking for a way to improve your accessibility rating? There\u2019s a lot you can do and the topic of accessibility runs deep.<\/p>\n<p>But one of the simplest things you can do is alter your site\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/high-contrast-color-design\/\">color selection<\/a>. You want a color scheme that matches and blends nicely with a <strong>strong contrast for users with color blindness or vision impairment<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Hex Naw< is a free accessibility tool that'll help you plan this out. It works right in your browser and lets you <strong>compare any two colors to see how they stack up<\/strong> against each other in accessibility tests.<\/p>\n<p class=\"note\"><strong>Read Also:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/accessibility-design-needs\/\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Design For People With Accessibility Needs<\/a><\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/test-site-accessibility-color-rating-hex-naw\/01-hex-naw-color-testing-script.jpg\" alt=\"hex naw color tool\" width=\"1000\" height=\"395\"><\/figure>\n<p>In fact, the tool actually lets you add <strong>up to 12 colors<\/strong> all in the same test. This way you can gauge the effectiveness of your entire layout by comparing all your colors together.<\/p>\n<p>Note that some colors may work better on their own, or work better together. That\u2019s to be expected.<\/p>\n<p>Which is why Hex Naw actually <strong>compares all these colors individually<\/strong> so you can gauge the rating for yourself. Granted this means if you\u2019re testing 6+ colors then you\u2019re gonna have a lot of combinations to sift through.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s a small price to pay for ensuring your site is fully accessible to all users.<\/p>\n<p>With each color pair, you\u2019ll get a <strong>contrast ratio and a rating for the small text and large text against the background color<\/strong>. The app uses 4 ratings:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>AAA \u2013 fully compliant.<\/li>\n<li>AA \u2013 mostly compliant but still great.<\/li>\n<li>A \u2013 decent but could be improved.<\/li>\n<li>Naw \u2013 not a great combo.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The \u201cnaw\u201d is basically a failing grade against the WCAG guidelines for contrast. If any of your colors get that rating you\u2019ll definitely want to rethink them!<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/test-site-accessibility-color-rating-hex-naw\/02-hexnaw-final-output-color-accessibility.jpg\" alt=\"hexnaw sample tool\" width=\"1000\" height=\"668\"><\/figure>\n<p>Overall this <strong>app is pretty cool and super easy to use<\/strong>. I really like how you can quickly compare multiple colors against each other since it\u2019s not something you\u2019ll find in other contrast ratio apps.<\/p>\n<p>But check it out for yourself and see what you think. If you wanna make some basic accessibility improvements to your site then this tool is worth bookmarking.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free color contrast tool built for web designers and developers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3393],"tags":[1833],"topic":[],"class_list":["entry-content","is-maxi"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.8 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Test Website&#039;s Accessibility Color Rating With Hex Naw - Hongkiat<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Free color contrast tool built for web designers and developers.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/test-websites-accessibility-color-rating-with-hex-naw\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Test Website&#039;s Accessibility Color Rating With Hex Naw\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Free color contrast tool built for web designers and developers.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/test-websites-accessibility-color-rating-with-hex-naw\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Hongkiat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hongkiatcom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-08-23T13:01:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-10-14T10:53:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/test-site-accessibility-color-rating-hex-naw\/01-hex-naw-color-testing-script.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jake Rocheleau\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@hongkiat\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@hongkiat\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jake Rocheleau\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/test-websites-accessibility-color-rating-with-hex-naw\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/test-websites-accessibility-color-rating-with-hex-naw\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jake Rocheleau\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/966b2daea15283b4145e71aa98a82c2a\"},\"headline\":\"Test Website&#8217;s Accessibility Color Rating With Hex Naw\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-08-23T13:01:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-10-14T10:53:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/test-websites-accessibility-color-rating-with-hex-naw\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":367,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/test-websites-accessibility-color-rating-with-hex-naw\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/assets.hongkiat.com\\\/uploads\\\/test-site-accessibility-color-rating-hex-naw\\\/01-hex-naw-color-testing-script.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Color Tools\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Toolkit\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/test-websites-accessibility-color-rating-with-hex-naw\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/test-websites-accessibility-color-rating-with-hex-naw\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/test-websites-accessibility-color-rating-with-hex-naw\\\/\",\"name\":\"Test Website's Accessibility Color Rating With Hex Naw - 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