# Contrast and accessibility

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/contrast-and-accessibility/32287>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [19. August 2015 um 11:40 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/contrast-and-accessibility/32287 "2015-08-19T11:40:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![sdaugherty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sdaugherty/32/102997_2.png) [@sdaugherty](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sdaugherty)\
**Post date:** [19. August 2015 um 12:34 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/contrast-and-accessibility/32287/4 "2015-08-19T12:34:52Z")

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Testing with system colors forced is helpful too. Discourse looks horrible that way, but at least we’re doing better than Facebook.

![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/optimized/3X/c/0/c0666f4b4098ead763e3e8eaf21fd043bbb9ae26_2_690x19.png)

![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/3/f/3f4855bc19bc3ec2829c03c3510f8557be801544.png)

By comparison , at least at first glance, everything seems to work OK in Discourse.

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/1/4/14f01ae2a4d032c69a2b917254cff5be6480e423.png)

Edit: Well, one issue. The indicator for notifications doesn’t change with system colors forced.

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