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Colour
Presenting functionality with alternatives to colour.
Colour
Colour is an important design element; however, accessibility can be compromised if perception of the content is based entirely on seeing or understanding the colour.
In order to make a site accessible there should be no instructions, information, or navigation tools that rely on solely on colour to convey information.
What to check
- Links should be easily identifiable without the use of colour. The clearest way to signify links is with underlining.
- Required fields and fields with errors must include non-colour ways of identification.
- When the colour of words, backgrounds, or other content conveys information, also include this information in the text.
![Web page capture with an arrow pointing at the example described below.](https://www.digitalmuseums.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/en_tb_text_contrast_example1.png)
Outlining/highlighting From Tides to Tins website main navigation which is underlined
![Web page capture with an arrow pointing at the example described below.](https://www.digitalmuseums.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/en_tb_colours_example2.png)
Outlining/highlighting map navigation on From Tides to Tins website as it becomes blue and underlined when selected.
![Web page capture with an arrow pointing at the example described below.](https://www.digitalmuseums.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/en_tb_colours_example3.png)
Submission error notification on form from the Canadian Photography Institute’s Photostories website .