The royal blue colour scheme: It looks better *and* it's still accessible.

ThisIsTemp1

medians wrote:
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But isn't navy one of the most accessible blues out there? Even more accessible than this one? Why close that one and not this one?

medians

ThisIsTemp1 wrote:
medians wrote:
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But isn't navy one of the most accessible blues out there? Even more accessible than this one? Why close that one and not this one?

It could be either one, people have suggested potential alternate colors on this topic other than what the original poster had (which you can see on previous pages).
Edit: Also have no idea honestly, maybe because the other person never mentioned accessibility (even though it wasn't the same blue that was used before the update)
Edit 2: Also the Scratch Team is aware of this topic, it was closed before but was reopened.

Last edited by medians (Feb. 4, 2025 21:24:58)

AvidOsirianGuy

to fix this issue how about accent colours (you can choose one from the settings menu in the editor), it'd be good and you could also go back to the blue if you'd like (but the dark mode website and block colours should come, but it's a topic for well - another day)

kip23s

Oh cool! More useful and looks better! ( In my opinion )

Bestdragon234

Support! Looks awesome and is accessible to colorblindness unlike the older blue. That's win-win.

mumu245

The accessibility isn't for colourblindness; not everyone needs to see it as blue. It is for increasing contrast, which this does well. The old blue didn't have enough contrast with white.

wilsoncooper

Hear me out, guys
There could likely be an option to switch between the blue and purple (Purple will be set by default, for those who are colorblind)

medians

mumu245 wrote:
The accessibility isn't for colourblindness; not everyone needs to see it as blue. It is for increasing contrast, which this does well. The old blue didn't have enough contrast with white.

From what I remember though, the update was supposed to help with colorblindness.. yeah

Bestdragon234

mumu245 wrote:
The accessibility isn't for colourblindness; not everyone needs to see it as blue. It is for increasing contrast, which this does well. The old blue didn't have enough contrast with white.

It still does perform kinda well in colorblindness, as a lot of colorblindness variations render colors with not enough contrast useless. Royal blue is actually technically better than the purple. It's both familiar and has a lot of contrast (which in turn leads to increased accessibility improvements) with the white.

PineappleBlueberry16

Crispydogs101 wrote:
Does this work with the black and white colourblindness (the one moss has)

It's a really rare type of colorblindness anyway. Let's perhaps focus on the more common ones? I get that you want it to be accessible for everyone, but making the entire of the Scratch website black and white does not help.

The_Olcia

PineappleBlueberry16 wrote:
Crispydogs101 wrote:
Does this work with the black and white colourblindness (the one moss has)
It's a really rare type of colorblindness anyway. Let's perhaps focus on the more common ones? I get that you want it to be accessible for everyone, but making the entire of the Scratch website black and white does not help.

Making website black-white is not suggested here. The suggested thing is to change purple to royal blue.

medians

PineappleBlueberry16 wrote:
Crispydogs101 wrote:
Does this work with the black and white colourblindness (the one moss has)
It's a really rare type of colorblindness anyway. Let's perhaps focus on the more common ones? I get that you want it to be accessible for everyone, but making the entire of the Scratch website black and white does not help.

I honestly can't tell if that's the one that moss has, as it seems to negatively affect people with tritanopia/tritanomaly as well. Also, the purple didn't seem to change much for people with red-green colorblindness, as shown through colorblind simulations.

ScrambledEggs99

what is the csb (color sat brightness) of the royal blue color scheme

SMG4fan7236

More accessible than purple, and even the original blue. Plus purple is like ugly goo.

100% SUPPORT!!!

hotcrystal

Support. I like the old blue color scheme better, and this could be a nice solution.

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