[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #64934: Admin menu is much harder to red when icons are nearly the same color as labels

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#64934: Admin menu is much harder to red when icons are nearly the same color as
labels
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 Reporter:  cbirdsong                           |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)                        |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                              |  Milestone:  Awaiting
                                                |  Review
Component:  Administration                      |    Version:
 Severity:  normal                              |   Keywords:  admin-reskin
  Focuses:  accessibility, css, administration  |
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 Under the new default color scheme, icons for items in the sidebar admin
 menu have nearly the same color as the surrounding text.

 ||= Version =||= Label Color =||= Icon Color =||= Perceptual difference\\
 ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_difference#CIEDE2000|CIE2000 ΔE]])
 =||
 ||= **6.9** =|| `#e8e8ea` || `#9ca2a7` || 18.2 ||
 ||= **7.0** =|| `#ffffff` || `#f3f1f1` || 2.9 ||

 This makes it much harder to quickly read the labels. It would be better
 if the colors were as perceptually different as they were in 6.9.

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 ''Some useful tools for CIE2000 ΔE color values:''
 - [[https://michel-leonard.github.io/ciede2000-color-matching/rgb-hex-
 color-calculator.html|Hex code comparisons]]
 - [[https://michel-leonard.github.io/ciede2000-color-matching/de2000-rgb-
 pairs.html?seq=522&delta-e=2.9|Examples of various values]]

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