WCAG Color contrast checker Chrome Extension Analysis
Developer & Designer ToolsChrome extension ID: plnahcmalebffmaghcpcmpaciebdhgdf
This is a browser-based accessibility tool that analyzes web page elements to check foreground and background color contrast ratios. It supports manual color picking, automatic refreshes upon DOM changes, and simulates various types of color blindness.
Overview
Installs
90K+
Rating
★ 3.9
35 reviews
Languages
1 locales
Includes English
Market analysis
Review-backed positioning, friction, and market signals for this Chrome extension.
Macro category
Developer & Designer Tools
Pricing friction
Low review signal
Complaint intensity
Moderate review signal
Listing positioning
The extension positions itself as a technical utility for developers to ensure WCAG 2.2 compliance for color contrast. It emphasizes automated DOM scanning, real-time updates, and color blindness simulation features.
Inferred product pattern
Single-purpose technical developer utility with a maintenance-heavy codebase.
Review-backed pain points
Users struggle with the tool failing to launch or update, difficulty pinpointing specific elements among hundreds of results, and issues with accurately processing rgba or complex layered backgrounds.
Observed feature gaps
Lack of clear element identification for detected errors, inability to respect text-shadows in contrast calculations, and reliability issues on specific development environments like localhost/Svelte.
- Web Developers
- UI/UX Designers
- Accessibility Auditors
- WCAG 2.2 contrast compliance testing
- Color blindness simulation for site testing
- Debugging color contrast on live DOM elements
- Utility for accessibility checks
- Useful color picking features
- Effective contrast simulation
- Broken functionality post-update
- Concerns regarding browser history permissions
- Failure to detect complex background/opacity scenarios
- Inability to identify specific problematic page elements
- Performance complaints detected
- Privacy complaints detected
- No payment required; tool is free, though users have expressed concern over data access permissions.
Support
No official support channel mentioned; users report frustration with functional breakage and lack of updates.
Reliability
Multiple reports of the extension failing to launch, failing to detect correct colors, and breaking after updates.
Privacy
Users expressed significant concern and negative sentiment regarding the extension requesting access to browser history.
- Free usage observed
- No account requirement observed
- Free plan or free usage claimed
Store listing facts
- Screenshots: 1
- Videos: 0
- Languages: 1
- Developer contact
- Version: 3.8.5
- Size: 158KiB
- Last updated:
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