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Color Blindness Simulator

Up to 8% of males experience color vision deficiency. This tool simulates how your palette looks across 6 types — from partial red-green deficiency to complete achromatopsia — so you can catch contrast issues before they reach real users.

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Show vision types

Your colors

InputNormalProtanopia
no red
Deuteranopia
no green
Tritanopia
no blue
Achromato.
no color
#E74C3C
#E74C3C
#E74C3C
#A4A340
#A4A340
#ADB941
#ADB941
#DF4344
#DF4344
#6C6C6C
#6C6C6C
#E67E22
#E67E22
#E67E22
#B9B838
#B9B838
#BFC73E
#BFC73E
#E14A4E
#E14A4E
#8D8D8D
#8D8D8D
#F1C40F
#F1C40F
#F1C40F
#DEDD3B
#DEDD3B
#E0E445
#E0E445
#EF5D65
#EF5D65
#C0C0C0
#C0C0C0
#2ECC71
#2ECC71
#2ECC71
#727487
#727487
#695D8C
#695D8C
#36989C
#36989C
#A4A4A4
#A4A4A4
#1ABC9C
#1ABC9C
#1ABC9C
#6062A4
#6062A4
#574BA6
#574BA6
#22AAAB
#22AAAB
#979797
#979797
#3498DB
#3498DB
#3498DB
#5F60CB
#5F60CB
#5A52C7
#5A52C7
#39BEBB
#39BEBB
#888888
#888888
#9B59B6
#9B59B6
#9B59B6
#7E7EA0
#7E7EA0
#82879A
#82879A
#988E8A
#988E8A
#6E6E6E
#6E6E6E
#34495E
#34495E
#34495E
#3D3D59
#3D3D59
#3C3A58
#3C3A58
#355554
#355554
#464646
#464646

About these simulations

Protanopia: Missing long-wavelength (red) cones
Protanomaly: Reduced red cone sensitivity
Deuteranopia: Missing medium-wavelength (green) cones
Deuteranomaly: Reduced green cone sensitivity
Tritanopia: Missing short-wavelength (blue) cones
Achromatopsia: Complete absence of color perception

Red-green color blindness affects ~8% of males and 0.5% of females. WCAG recommends never relying on color alone to convey information.

How to use

01

Add your colors

Click each color swatch to change it with the native color picker, or add new colors up to 12 total.

02

Pick vision types

Toggle which color vision types you want to compare using the buttons at the top.

03

Read the grid

Each row is one of your colors. Each column is a vision type. Compare simulated swatches and hex values side by side.

04

Fix problem pairs

If colors look too similar in any column, they may be indistinguishable to users with that type of color vision deficiency.

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