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This is a clickbait. On my iPhone the green color is much darker than what the author shows in the article. Here are some images with the hex color codes for ex

by malshe 4y ago

This is a clickbait. On my iPhone the green color is much darker than what the author shows in the article. Here are some images with the hex color codes for example: https://imgur.com/a/7k5dMtm https://imgur.com/a/7k5dMtm

tpmx 4y ago
A comparison between blue and green bubbles on your phone would be more relevant. Color space handling makes direct comparisons between screen grabs (from different devices) tricky.
- malshe 4y ago
  The author used the screen grabs from different places too. On iPhone you can't have the blue and green bubbles side by side
  - tpmx 4y ago
    A reasonable start would be screen grabs of both blue and green bubbles, grabbed from the same phone in the same way. (And vertical placement; see the other comment.)
zzot 4y ago
It's actually really cherry-picked samples. All messages (blue and green) in the Messages app fade out slightly as you scroll. The author picked a blue message from the bottom of the screen and a green one from the top. If only they scrolled around a bit... they would have noticed.
- malshe 4y ago
  Great point. I just now confirmed that as well. The bottom message is much darker than the one on top
- s3p 4y ago
  Also the article doesn't mention that the iMessage blue also fails the same WCAG test. I just ran it myself.
  - bmicraft 4y ago
    As shown in the image, the blue at least passes the test for "large text"
pixelnudger 4y ago
Your hex value was sampled from a screenshot taken in dark mode, and actual color values are slightly different between dark and light mode.
- s3p 4y ago
  This is not true. I just sampled green bubbles from both dark mode and light mode iOS and macOS and got the same hex of 34c759.
  - pixelnudger 4y ago
    Ah you’re right. I stand corrected.
gigglesupstairs 4y ago
Here are the results for your image. Contrast still fails on WCAG guidelines. https://ibb.co/sKfrZ16 https://ibb.co/sKfrZ16

by malshe 4y ago

tpmx 4y ago

A comparison between blue and green bubbles on your phone would be more relevant. Color space handling makes direct comparisons between screen grabs (from different devices) tricky.

malshe 4y ago
The author used the screen grabs from different places too. On iPhone you can't have the blue and green bubbles side by side
- tpmx 4y ago
  A reasonable start would be screen grabs of both blue and green bubbles, grabbed from the same phone in the same way. (And vertical placement; see the other comment.)

zzot 4y ago

It's actually really cherry-picked samples. All messages (blue and green) in the Messages app fade out slightly as you scroll. The author picked a blue message from the bottom of the screen and a green one from the top. If only they scrolled around a bit... they would have noticed.

malshe 4y ago
Great point. I just now confirmed that as well. The bottom message is much darker than the one on top
s3p 4y ago
Also the article doesn't mention that the iMessage blue also fails the same WCAG test. I just ran it myself.
- bmicraft 4y ago
  As shown in the image, the blue at least passes the test for "large text"

pixelnudger 4y ago

Your hex value was sampled from a screenshot taken in dark mode, and actual color values are slightly different between dark and light mode.

s3p 4y ago
This is not true. I just sampled green bubbles from both dark mode and light mode iOS and macOS and got the same hex of 34c759.
- pixelnudger 4y ago
  Ah you’re right. I stand corrected.

gigglesupstairs 4y ago

Here are the results for your image. Contrast still fails on WCAG guidelines. https://ibb.co/sKfrZ16 https://ibb.co/sKfrZ16