Look and feel · Colour
Busy backgrounds make your text hard to read
Patterns and strong colour blends behind words make them harder to read and pull attention away from your message.
- Applies to
- every page
- Typical severity
- low
- Effect on conversions
- low
- Effort to fix
- Quick to fix
What to look for
Busy patterns, strong gradients or textures behind text or key content.
What good looks like
Backgrounds behind text are calm.
How to fix it
Use a plain background behind your text, or put the text on a solid panel.
Based on
- WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum)
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