Best-in-class modern tool for managing color contrast
An open-source Figma plugin with a cool retro vibe. Utilize it to ensure your UI text is legible and create accessible color palettes for your design. Built on cutting-edge tech, Polychrom stands out as a best-in-class modern tool for managing color contrast.
Hello hunters and makers!
Before writing the first line of code, we spoke with designers and engineers and scoured forums and blog posts. As a result, we identified the three most important user demands for any contrast checker.
Here they are:
1. Adjusting text color to a background.
2. Adjusting the background color to text.
3. Displaying contrast for multiple objects.
We focused on those, and now Polychrom addresses every possible designer’s need. You can not only check if your colors provide enough contrast but also adjust any color on the fly, using Polychrom to create an accessible palette for your UI.
And that’s not all! Polychrom is packed with useful features:
— Displaying the contrast according to the innovative APCA method.
— Text size recommendations.
— Converter to OKLCH format.
— Full P3 gamut support.
— Handling opacities and blend modes.
— Background search algorithm.
— Highly responsive UI that follows changes on the fly.
— Cool retro aesthetics 😎
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Polychrom was developed by a team of believers at Evil Martians, specializing in product consulting for developer tools.
🙇♂️ Roman Shamin (https://twitter.com/romanshamin_en), the creator of OKLCH Color Picker & Converter, Harmony UI color palette, and Martian Mono font.
🙇♂️ Yuri Mikhin (https://twitter.com/yurimikhin), a frontend engineer at Evil Martians.
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We are truly grateful for your support and feedback 💜
About Polychrom on Product Hunt
“Best-in-class modern tool for managing color contrast”
Polychrom launched on Product Hunt on November 15th, 2023 and earned 187 upvotes and 22 comments, placing #8 on the daily leaderboard. An open-source Figma plugin with a cool retro vibe. Utilize it to ensure your UI text is legible and create accessible color palettes for your design. Built on cutting-edge tech, Polychrom stands out as a best-in-class modern tool for managing color contrast.
On the analytics side, Polychrom competes within Design Tools, User Experience, Developer Tools and GitHub — topics that collectively have 1.2M followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Polychrom performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Polychrom?
Polychrom was hunted by Roman Shamin. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
Roman Shamin