We've all seen those blogs where you have to squint to tell the text from the background color. Or maybe squinting doesn't even help. Black and fuschia might be your favorite color combination for clothing or interior design, but when it comes to legibility, it leaves something to be desired.
Is your blog your own personal space to express your aesthetics? Of course! But if you're interested in having anybody else reading it, then you might want to think about how your text and background colors interact with each other.
People who may have trouble when you combine certain colors include:
- Older people
- People with vision impairment due to illness or injury
- People with color blindness
- Mobile users
- Everyone else who isn't 21 years old with vision so good that they're being studied by the government
So take a step back from your monitor and ask yourself honestly whether your blog's look says "look at me" or "look really, really, really hard at me and you might be able to read my writing."
For a more in-depth discussion, I've added a section to the How To Make Your Blog Accessible guide that talks about how to check your blog's colors and how to make changes if needed. It's called Choose Text and Background Colors That Everyone Can Read, and it's a work in progress, so let me know if you have any feedback!
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