Briefle words · UI design
Color vision deficiency
Also called color blindness
A common condition where some hues, most often red and green, are hard to tell apart.
Say it to an AI
PR checks list where status never relies on color alone: use redundant encoding with a check, cross or clock icon plus a short 'Passed/Failed/Running' label in the status color, so a red-green color vision deficiency doesn't hide the failed check.
How an expert would brief the stronger version of “Pull request checks”.
See it
Try it as a puzzle →Status checks panel on a pull request in a code hosting tool.
Why: For someone with deuteranopia, B's red 'Unit tests' dot blends in with the green ones; A's cross icon still stands out.
More ways experts use it
An 8×4 tile grid of depot chargers with a two-item legend. Use a colorblind-safe palette for the status pair, sky blue for online and orange for fault, instead of red and green, so people with color vision deficiency can still spot the faulted bays.
Charger status board · Data & charts
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