Accessibility Workflow
Start from one base color and turn it into real UI roles for text, surfaces, borders, accents, and primary actions. This workflow checks each important pair with WCAG and APCA before you export anything.
Output
6 semantic UI roles
Generated for readable interfaces, token handoff, and design reviews that need more than a pretty palette.
Inputs
Generated roles
Primary
#0071F4
Surface
#DDF2FF
Text
#001F74
Muted Text
#004BB8
Border
#7FD1FF
Accent
#005ED5
WCAG 13.81 · APCA 90.7 Lc
Preview Pair
Readable UI starts when body text stays calm, clear, and durable.
This shared preview block is meant for future APCA, WCAG, palette, and design-token workflows.
Foreground
#001F74
Background
#DDF2FF
Use this pair for paragraphs, settings text, and product copy that has to stay comfortable over longer reading sessions.
WCAG 4.18 · APCA 65.1 Lc
Button fills flip the pair direction, which is useful for testing CTA readability and action emphasis.
Foreground
#0071F4
Background
#DDF2FF
The button preview uses the surface color for label text on a primary action background, which mirrors common product CTA patterns.
WCAG 5.58 · APCA 68.9 Lc
Surface Preview
Accent surfaces need distinction, not just decoration.
Cards, settings drawers, and dark surfaces benefit from stronger perceptual separation than simple decorative panels.
Foreground
#005ED5
Background
#DDF2FF
Accent colors should feel assertive enough for chips, highlights, or status markers without collapsing into the background.
Text on Surface
13.81 / 90.7 Lc
Body text should be the strongest pairing in the palette because it carries dense interface reading.
Muted Text on Surface
7.48 / 76.4 Lc
Muted text still needs enough separation for helper copy, metadata, and secondary labels to remain useful.
Primary Action Pair
4.18 / 65.1 Lc
Primary buttons need visible emphasis and readable label contrast when the surface color is reused for button text.
Accent Visibility
5.58 / 68.9 Lc
Accent roles should stand out enough for emphasis states, badges, or highlighted controls against the base surface.
Border Visibility
1.49 / 20.1 Lc
Borders do not need body-text contrast, but they do need enough separation to define cards, inputs, and containers.
Why this is useful
People usually do not land here because they want another palette gallery. They land here because they need to choose accessible text colors, find a workable button color, improve dark mode readability, or turn a base brand color into semantic roles that engineering can actually use.
Use it when you need body text on light surfaces, muted labels that still read well, stronger CTA colors, or borders that do not disappear in product UI.
Useful for product designers, design-system teams, and front-end engineers who need semantic roles, not just isolated swatches.
Generate roles here, export stable values into the Design Token Color Exporter, then validate high-risk text and surface pairs with the APCA checker.
The companion guide explains why beautiful brand palettes still fail in UI, how APCA and WCAG inform different decisions, and how to move from color exploration into token-ready implementation.