# Automated accessible text with contrast-color()

DevFeed: [Automated accessible text with contrast-color()](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/automated-accessible-text-with-contrast-color-28786.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://una.im/contrast-color/>)

Published: 2026-03-12T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Una Kravets](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/una-kravets.md>)

Topics: [CSS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/css.md>), [modern web development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/modern-web-development.md>), [Web Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-development.md>), [Media Queries](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/media-queries.md>)

Tags: [color](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/color.md>), [css](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/css.md>), [dark-mode](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dark-mode.md>), [design-system](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/design-system.md>)

## AI overview

The article explains how CSS contrast-color() can automatically choose the higher-contrast text color for a given background. It covers its contrast-ratio behavior, use in design-system buttons, dark mode, hover states, and algorithmically generated color palettes.

## Source excerpt

Let the browser pick the most readable text color for any background with this new CSS function.