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Polychrom — 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.
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The lighthouse add-on for Chrome keeps on telling me that my text isn't legible due to the contrast being too low.
This is the same thing but for Figma?
@kingromstar, yes, that's right! In general, the idea is similar—to inform the user about the level of contrast for text and graphic elements.
We use the APCA methodology, and Lighthouse also supports this methodology, but in experimental mode.
I'm not event a designer, but I use the Polychrom Figma plugin when creating simple graphics and slides for my presentations to ensure appropriate contrast is set. It works great, and the execution of it is pretty smooth 😍 I can easily imagine this tool becoming a go-to instrument in a product designer's toolboox.
P.S. I watched Roman's talk at Friends of Figma Lisbon about the mere principle behind Polychrom and it was super interesting! Thanks for educating the crowds!
I appreciate the responsiveness of the UI: how the data is updated immediately as you are picking a color, and how the UI adjusts to reflect it.
Thank you for this plugin as I start my journey in design and UI / UX field it's very useful for me.
Do you have plans to make plugin for browsers?
@aegorov we never discussed this.
I believe sooner or later, all browsers will start displaying contrast like Chrome does in its DevTools.
When you're a maker, you know—the journey is the prize! 🏆
This is exactly how I feel every day working on Polychrom.
Non-trivial frontend challenges 🧩, interesting integration mechanics with the Figma Plugin API 🛠️, and the desire to make a useful and comfortable tool for all users—these are my guiding stars of the last months of daily hard work on Polychrom.
It's especially nice that Polychrome is an open source product, which means you can participate in its development. Set stars, start issues, send pull requests, and may the power of a11y be with you—https://github.com/evilmartians/....
I share details about frontend development on the Evil Martians blog 📝👽, for example in an article about advanced techniques for working with tree data structures—https://evilmartians.com/chronic.... So I think if you're a frontend engineer, you'll be interested in following and reading about Polychrom's development.
I would appreciate your feedback, ratings, and any other comments. 💬👍
I like that UX is so polish. You change color, it instantly updates contrast (yes, not every contrast tool does it unfortunately).
The performance and design of this tool are overwhelming! A standard for every tool I want to use on a daily basis. Thank you, guys
As a designer and frontend-developer in one, I’ve been trying different tools for working with colors and palettes for years.
OKLCH was a fresh breath of air when creating and working with color palettes in design systems.
Today, Polychrome has become an awesome addition to my every day toolkit. Thanks for OKLCH support, fast and beautiful interface.
Polychrom has easily become one of my 2 go-to plugins for Contrast and Accessibility testing. It is not only extremely useful and reliable, itt also has an incredibly beautiful UI! Good job Martians!
Huge kudos to @romanshamin for the latest addition to the modern tool landscape: Polychrom. It is the perfect solution for managing color contrast, making it easier and more efficient than ever before!
Wow, Polychrom looks amazing! What makes it stand out from other Figma plugins? How has the process of developing it been? I'd love to learn more!
@itsawaisyounas, thanks for the support! Yes, from a developer's point of view, Polychrom has raised several challenges for us, especially in terms of algorithms and data structures.
By the way, you can read about it in one of the Evil Martians blog articles—https://evilmartians.com/chronic...
Polychrom—APCA Contrast Checker