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for you other colorblind coders out there, tired of missing the red X in your github actions logs .color-fg-danger, .fgColor-danger {color: magenta !important;} .octicon-x {color: magenta !important;} you're welcome

21/5/25, 6:31 pm6 reposts20 likes

Davis Bennett

@davisvbennett.bsky.social

22 May 2025

As a fellow colorblind person, I can only imagine the number of "gfp is green, tdtomato is red... you can't see either" slides you have sat through

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Oh actually, I’m an idiot… just use this 😅 github.blog/changelog/20...

github.blogColorblind themes beta - GitHub ChangelogLight and dark colorblind accessible themes are now available to all github.com users in a public beta. These themes swap colors such as red and green for orange and blue…

Talley Lambert

@talley.codes

21 May 2025

please accept this PR ``` :root { --bgColor-danger-emphasis: magenta !important; --fgColor-danger-emphasis: magenta !important; --bgColor-danger: magenta !important; --fgColor-danger: magenta !important; } ```

Ben Wilson

@gtb3nw.bsky.social

21 May 2025

I was told blue is better for a traffic light analogue. Is magenta really better for colour blind individuals?

Talley Lambert

@talley.codes

21 May 2025

I think there’s a good degree of personal preference and subjectivity here. I like magenta here as indicating “danger” more than blue. But there would also be nothing wrong with blue, in terms of visibility