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Contrast Tool

The ColorGradient provides a Color Contrast Tool. It provides the option for checking the color contrast ratio between two colors.

The color contrast between text and background is important on web pages. It affects the ability of some people to perceive the presented information. The tool follows the WCAG recommendations for web accessibility.

According to the WCAG standard, there are two levels of contrast ratio:

  • AA (minimum contrast)—the level AA requires a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1 for normal text.
  • AAA (enhanced contrast)—the level AAA requires a contrast ratio of at least 7:1 for normal text.

The example below demonstrates how to enable the contrast tool in the ColorGradient:

    <div class="k-d-flex k-justify-content-center">
        <div class="example-config">
            Try to apply different colors to the text on right side. Notice how the
            text becomes gradually harder for reading when the contrast ratio
            becomes smaller.
        </div>
        <div class="row">
            <div class="column">
                @(Html.Kendo().ColorGradient()
                    .Name("colorGradient")
                    .Opacity(true)
                    .Value("#d13838ff")
                    .ContrastTool(tool => tool.BackgroundColor("#ffffff"))
                    .Events(ev => ev.Change("onChange"))
                )
            </div>
            <div class="column">
                <p class="text-wrapper">
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                </p>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        function onChange(e) {
            $(".text-wrapper").css("color", e.value);
        }
    </script>
    <style>
        .row {
            display: flex;         
        }
        .example-config {
            margin: 0 0 20px;
            padding: 20px;
            background-color: rgba(0,0,0,.03);
            border: 1px solid rgba(0,0,0,.08);
        }
        .column {
            padding-right: 20px;
            padding-bottom: 20px;
        }
        .k-colorpicker {
            vertical-align: top;
            margin: 20px 0;
        }
        .text-wrapper {
            border: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.08);
            padding: 10px;
            font-size: 16px;
        }
    </style>

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