Re: Updating 2.x support materials redesign release

Hi John,

> On 14 Oct 2021, at 15:11, John Foliot <john@foliot.ca> wrote:
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> I'll also note that while the colors being used on those resource appear to be passing the WCAG Color contrast requirements, I'll pose a slightly higher-level question: given that we know that red/green color-blindness is the most prevalent form of color blindness, do we really want to be using red/green 'contrast' like this?
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> Not a hill to die on, but I just find it curious, is all...
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> JF


Thanks for raising this, it is a great point. 

We're using an off the shelve colour scheme for this, called a11y-syntax-highlighting <https://github.comericwbailey/a11y-syntax-highlighting/blob/main/dist/prism/a11y-light.css>, also used in the W3C design system <https://design-system.w3.org/>. The reason we're seeing these colours is a little technical. Syntax highlighters usually rely on language being indicated, eg with classnames, which we don't do in the Techniques. For that reason, we are using a library <https://highlightjs.org/> that tries to detect the language, before applying colours. It seems to struggle detecting our HTML (sadly). 

Currently, code in Techniques is not syntax highlighted at all, so I feel adding it, even in this form, is an improvement, but it would certainly be something we could/should work on making better in a next iteration. 

Best,
Hidde

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