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ColrShift is maintained by an in-house editorial team that covers a colour converter and contrast checker. The writing and the tool share the same maintainers.

Coverage sticks to Color Conversion Tools. In practice it converts colours between HEX, RGB, HSL and CMYK, checks WCAG AA and AAA contrast against black and white, and generates five harmony palettes. Typical runs through it include checking whether text passes accessibility contrast, converting a brand HEX to CMYK for print and building a palette that stays legible.

The review step asks two questions: can the working be repeated from the article alone, and could a reader mistake the wording for professional advice. Where the answer to the second is yes, the text is narrowed to the numbers.

Corrections are made in place. To report one, support@colrshift.com goes to the group responsible for the article.

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