At a minimum, make sure the contrast ratio between colors is no lower than 4.5:1. It also ensures that your content meets more stringent accessibility guidelines. This ratio ensures that your foreground content stands out from the background, including when Desktop Tinting is active. For custom foreground and background colors, strive for a contrast ratio of 7:1. Using system-defined colors ensures a proper contrast ratio between your foreground and background content. Avoid using hard-coded color values or colors that don’t adapt.Įnsure sufficient color contrast in all appearances. When you need a custom color, add a Color Set asset to your app’s asset catalog and specify the light and dark variants of the color. Semantic colors (like labelColor and controlColor) adapt to the current appearance automatically. For example, both light and dark appearances use dark lines to create visual separations between views.Įmbrace colors that adapt to the current appearance. While many colors are inverted, some are not. These colors aren’t necessarily an inversion of their light counterparts.

The color palette in Dark Mode includes darker background colors and lighter foreground colors.

Vibrancy improves the contrast between foreground and background colors, making your foreground content appear more prominent. Decisions that work well in one appearance might not work in the other.Īdopt vibrancy in your interfaces. In Dark Mode, see how your designs look when Desktop Tinting is active. See how your interface looks in both appearances, and adjust your designs as needed to accommodate each one. Test your design in both light and dark appearances.

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