# Check contrast with your mobile device

DevFeed: [Check contrast with your mobile device](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/check-contrast-with-your-mobile-device-9378.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://a11yproject.com/posts/check-contrast-with-mobile-device/>)

Author: Dave Rupert

Published: 2013-01-22T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [The A11Y Project](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-a11y-project.md>)

Topics: [Web Accessibility (a11y)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-accessibility.md>), [Accessibility](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/accessibility.md>), [Web](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web.md>)

Tags: [accessibility](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/accessibility.md>), [readability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/readability.md>), [testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/testing.md>), [tools](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tools.md>), [web-accessibility](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web-accessibility.md>)

## AI overview

This article presents a simple way to check website text contrast using a mobile device. It recommends lowering the device brightness, browsing the site, and optionally viewing it in direct sunlight to identify readability problems, then increasing the text contrast as needed.

## Source excerpt

Having good contrast and readability are an important part of creating an accessible website. One trick you can do to test whether or not your contrast is sufficient enough is by using your phone or mobile device. Set the brightness of your mobile device to its lowest setting. Open up your website on the device and begin browsing around. Optionally, try viewing your site in direct sunlight. If you find something difficult to read, you may have found an accessibility issue! Take measures to check and increase the contrast of your text. Available tools Check My Colours Contrast for macOS WebAIM: Color Contrast Checker Axe: Open Source Library for Web Accessibility Testing Tenon.io TPG: Colour Contrast Analyser