Selecting Text Colours

Here's some suggestions for setting colours for text on your pages.

Remember that people can specify their own text colour schemes and override your colours, so don't make colour an important part of your page content.
People can change their default colours, so don't assume a light or dark background. If you change any text colours on a web page, then set all the default colours (background, text, link colours, etc.) Usually this is done in the "<body>" tag, or with "stylesheets".
If you do use stylesheets, you may still want to set the default foreground and background colours in the "<body>" tag to support older browsers that do not support style sheets. Also, be aware that some versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer 3 did not allow you to change background page colours using stylesheets.
Maintain high contrast between text and background colours or graphics. People with low vision have trouble with low contrast.

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