Color Palettes

Color blindness simulator

Check how a photo, slide, chart or color palette looks to people with protan (red), deutan (green) and tritan (blue) color vision deficiency. Compare the views side by side and get a warning when two palette colors may be hard to tell apart. Images are processed on your device and never uploaded.

Check an image

Your image is processed on your device and never uploaded.

Check a palette

Add the colors you use and see how each one looks with different types of color vision.

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Color vision differs from person to person

Not everyone sees color the same way. By commonly cited estimates, about 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women of Northern European descent have some form of red-green color vision deficiency. Protan and deutan types make reds and greens hard to tell apart, while the much rarer tritan type affects blues and yellows.

Design tips for everyone

Don't rely on color alone to carry meaning: add labels, patterns, icons or line styles to charts and maps. Make colors differ in lightness as well as hue, and avoid pairing red and green, or blue and purple, as the only difference. Checking your palette here before you publish makes your work easier to read for everyone.

About the simulation

The simulation is an approximation based on the model by Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes (2009). Real color vision varies between individuals and the result also depends on your screen settings, so use it as a guide rather than an exact reproduction.

Frequently asked questions

Are my images uploaded?

No. Images are processed inside your browser and are never sent to a server or saved.

Which type should I check first?

Protan and deutan are by far the most common types, so check those two first. The side-by-side view shows all of them at once.