# contrast-color() in CSS

Canonical URL: https://colorcurio.us/library/webkit-contrast-color
Source type: Library entry
Resource URL: https://webkit.org/blog/16929/contrast-color/
Added: 2026-09-22

## Summary

Let the browser choose a contrasting text color with contrast-color() instead of hard-coding the pair.

For now it returns only black or white, chosen with the WCAG 2 formula, so treat it as a safety net.

- Resource: [contrast-color() in CSS](https://webkit.org/blog/16929/contrast-color/)
- By: WebKit
- Kind: writing (article)
- Level: intermediate
- Tags: accessibility, design-systems, developer, reference, css

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