Years before there was the other extreme to set everything to the maximum of contrast when Design had a hard stand against a very technical approach of web design. What we see now is the other extreme, and wrong too. But at the end its simple. One has to wisely choose which elements can be set on lower contrast and which elements should be of higher contrast. There are little helpers like https://www.paciellogroup.com/resources/contrastanalyser/ that make it easy to check weather a contrast fulfils accessibility depending on the level.
The decisions are not always so easy as one might think. We have a lot of discussions, e.g. weather a button or input field needs to have high contrast on both text and border. Depending on the context high contrast on everything might even lower usability. I am sure that some strict rules in accessibility could also transform and learn from design.
I would wish to stick again to the fact that contrast is an important principle of design. Therefore it is right and necessary to use different contrast. Readability is important too. The right combination of both might help to create an accessible and visually attractive user experience.
Chris
Years before there was the other extreme to set everything to the maximum of contrast when Design had a hard stand against a very technical approach of web design. What we see now is the other extreme, and wrong too. But at the end its simple. One has to wisely choose which elements can be set on lower contrast and which elements should be of higher contrast. There are little helpers like https://www.paciellogroup.com/resources/contrastanalyser/ that make it easy to check weather a contrast fulfils accessibility depending on the level.
The decisions are not always so easy as one might think. We have a lot of discussions, e.g. weather a button or input field needs to have high contrast on both text and border. Depending on the context high contrast on everything might even lower usability. I am sure that some strict rules in accessibility could also transform and learn from design.
I would wish to stick again to the fact that contrast is an important principle of design. Therefore it is right and necessary to use different contrast. Readability is important too. The right combination of both might help to create an accessible and visually attractive user experience.