--- title: Approximating contrast-color() With Other CSS Features description: The CSS contrast-color() function isn't widely supported yet, but you can approximate it today using OKLCH color space and relative color syntax. By checking... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/approximating-contrast-color-with-other-css-features-cxsanrvec twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Approximating contrast-color() With Other CSS Features | daily.dev og:description: The CSS contrast-color() function isn't widely supported yet, but you can approximate it today using OKLCH color space and relative color syntax. By checking... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/approximating-contrast-color-with-other-css-features-cxsanrvec og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/CXSANRvEC.png og:image:alt: Approximating contrast-color() With Other CSS Features og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Approximating contrast-color() With Other CSS Features **[CSS-Tricks](https://daily.dev/sources/css_tricks)** · 7 min read · 7 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary The CSS contrast-color() function isn't widely supported yet, but you can approximate it today using OKLCH color space and relative color syntax. By checking if a color's lightness is above or below 0.72, you can determine whether black or white text will contrast better: `color: oklch(from round(1.21 - L) 0 0);`. This approach aligns more closely with APCA than WCAG 2.0 and can be extended to switch between white and a base text color using color-mix(). ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@yaireo** · 0 upvotes > You can use a custom native CSS function from this repo: > > [https://yaireo.github.io/css-utility-functions/#contrast-text](https://yaireo.github.io/css-utility-functions/#contrast-text) ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Algorithmic Theming Engines: Building Self-Correcting Color Systems With contrast-color\(\) — Smashing Magazine](https://daily.dev/posts/algorithmic-theming-engines-building-self-correcting-color-systems-with-contrast-color-smashing-afte9iv44) · Smashing Magazine · 4 upvotes · 0 comments - [Automated Accessible Text with contrast-color\(\)](https://daily.dev/posts/automated-accessible-text-with-contrast-color--h4umpqxow) · Una Kravets · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [The thing about contrast-color](https://daily.dev/posts/the-thing-about-contrast-color-kadzf1ait) · CSS-Tricks · 10 upvotes · 0 comments - [Modern CSS colors: oklch\(\) and color-mix\(\)](https://daily.dev/posts/modern-css-colors-oklch-and-color-mix--elb1blipu) · Flavio Copes · 21 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#css](https://daily.dev/tags/css), [#accessibility](https://daily.dev/tags/accessibility) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/approximating-contrast-color-with-other-css-features-cxsanrvec) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Approximating contrast-color() With Other CSS Features","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/approximating-contrast-color-with-other-css-features-cxsanrvec","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/approximating-contrast-color-with-other-css-features-cxsanrvec"},"datePublished":"2026-02-11T15:01:22.871Z","dateModified":"2026-02-11T15:02:01.746Z","description":"The CSS contrast-color() function isn't widely supported yet, but you can approximate it today using OKLCH color space and relative color syntax. 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