How to create Contrast
Here is a three step process to create color contrast:
Step 1: Choose a dominant color
The first step is to choose the dominant color that highlights the most imporant text/visual in the design. It might be possible that the company you work in or client you are working for might already have a color/brand color in mind. At that case step 1 is already done, but if you yourself have to choose the dominant color, research about what is the meaning of different colors.
For example, blue means trust, security, safety, peace and calmness. Purple means royalty, wealth and rich experience.
Step 2: Creating a palette of three colors
We already got our first color, we need 2 more colors that goes good with the dominant color. For this you can use tools like “mycolor.spaces” or you can even do it manually.
Step 3: Apply the 60/30/10 rule
Now that we have our 3 color palette ready, we can apply those colors to the user interface by the 60 – 30 – 10 rule. This rules basically means that 60% of a particular element in the background, 30% is the main element, and the 10% is the center of the element that we want to highlight or user’s attention.
Why Color Contrast Matters in UI/UX Design ?
Color contrast is one of the many visual design principles in UI/UX design. Here we are talking about contrast in the context of visual design and it is defined as a difference between two or more elements in a composition. But why does it matter so much? Why should you care about contrast during your UI/UX design process? We will find that out in this article.
In this article, we will discuss why color contrast is super important for User Interface designing and also learn how to create the best contrast for your UI. But before that let’s discuss some basic terms we should know as prerequisites.