Summary

CIELAB is a color model designed to mimic human vision, particularly in its L component which represents lightness. Importantly, it ensures that colors with the same lightness value are perceived as having the same lightness and provides a way to calculate WCAG contrast ratios.

Title

Accessible Palette: Create color systems with consistent lightness and contrast

Description

Use CIELAB and LCh color models to create color systems with consistent lightness and WCAG contrast ratios.

Keywords

color, lightness, contrast, remove, palette, colors, blue, systems, starting, using, model, human, have, levels, same, ratio, tweak

NS Lookup

A 35.157.26.135, A 63.176.8.218

Dates

Created 2026-02-15

Updated 2026-02-15

Summarized 2026-03-18