Seven (Jacob)Jun 11, 2025
cameron

Looking over the visuals Apple has shared for the new clear theme, there are some places I've found where the contrast ratio is as low as 1.32:1.

For context, that's less than half of what the WCAG defines as the minimum acceptable contrast ratio for people with no vision issues.

Jun 11, 2025 at 5:03pmWeb
Show threadR.L. Dane    🍵 Jun 12, 2025

@cameron

Let me add a couple items to the pipe-dream list of what to do when I'm made a manager over a dev team (which will never happen, but a dude can dream)...

  • Force all QC to happen on a raspberry pi and over a 128k ISDN line
  • Force all devs to QC with a blur software filter to see if they can still use the product
  • Divide bonuses by a factor of ${number of megabytes the full website requires to load}
  • Block AI crap at the network switch, evidence of vibe coding will lead to disciplinary action
  • Force all devs to QC with use a monochrome filter to see if the text is still readable/present
  • Force all devs to bring their parents/grandparents in for QC testing to see if they can use the product
Show threadmortJun 12, 2025

@cameron I had a hard time convincing this Lock Screen widget to be above what feels like a 1:1 contrast ratio... I can't read that text

Hoping things improve over time, but it feels a bit inherent to the whole "everything is transparent" ethos. I honestly think a lot of it looks rather pretty and am not finding it very inconvenient in practice, but it doesn't seem great for accessibility

Show threadmortJun 12, 2025
@cameron I found colour values from the screenshot with a colour picker: 78D1EE for the text, A0C8DB for the background. WCAG calls that a contrast ratio of 1.03:1 xP