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Readable Colors on Windows Pc

Developed By: Michael Dziuba

License: Free

Rating: 1,0/5 - 1 votes

Last Updated: December 25, 2023

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version 2.4
Size 1.3 MB
Release Date May 23, 18
Category Productivity Apps

What's New:
Added a splash screen, improved its look. [see more]

Description from Developer:
This app helps you find colored backgrounds for white or black text.

In the past, there was a good reason for having a lot of black text on white background everywhere. Printing... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download Readable Colors and install on Windows PC. Readable Colors is free Productivity app, developed by Michael Dziuba. Latest version of Readable Colors is 2.4, was released on 2018-05-23 (updated on 2023-12-25). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 10. Overall rating of Readable Colors is 1,0. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 1 users, 1 users had rated it 5*, 1 users had rated it 1*.

How to install Readable Colors on Windows?

Instruction on how to install Readable Colors on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install Readable Colors on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

  1. Install using BlueStacks
  2. Install using NoxPlayer

Step By Step Guide To Install Readable Colors using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "Readable Colors" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install Readable Colors on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "Readable Colors" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Other versions available: 2.4.

Download Readable Colors 2.4 on Windows PC – 1.3 MB

This app helps you find colored backgrounds for white or black text.

In the past, there was a good reason for having a lot of black text on white background everywhere. Printing colored background on paper was very expensive.

But now there is no extra cost for having as much color as you want on a computer screen. The only thing you need to worry about is choosing good colors and having enough contrast between the text and its background.

W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) has developed a formula for calculating the contrast ratio between text and background. And based on this formula, they recommend minimum standards.

This app uses the W3C formula to help you find background colors for black and white text. You can quickly scan through virtually all available colors within the specified minimum standard. These colors you can sort by hue, by saturation, or by brightness in the HSV color system. This app also shows you either the Hex color code, or the RGB values, or the contrast ratio for all available colors.

In case you are wondering what are these W3C standards and their formula for calculating the contrast ratio, here is a short summary of their standards that are used in this app:

For normal text less than 18 point and for bold text less than 14 point, the minimum contrast ratio is 7:1. For normal text at least 18 point and for bold text at least 14 point, the minimum contrast ratio is 4.5:1. For logos, decorative text, and large scale text, the minimum contrast ratio is 3:1.

You can find the W3C contrast ratio formula and the description of their standards at the links below:

https://www.w3.org/TR/2008/REC-WCAG20-20081211/#visual-audio-contrast

https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/G17.html
Added a splash screen, improved its look.