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Cameleon recolours BBC News in Safari with one of five skins, three dark and two light, and changes nothing but colour. BBC News's own colours pass WCAG AA on all 235 pieces of text measured; under each of the five skins, every one of them passes.

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BBC News in each skin

BBC News's page in its own colours
All 235 pieces of text clear WCAG AA contrast. Median contrast 15.96:1.
BBC News's page recoloured by Cameleon's Midnight skin
All 235 pieces of text clear WCAG AA contrast. Median contrast 17.00:1.
BBC News's page recoloured by Cameleon's Dusk skin
All 235 pieces of text clear WCAG AA contrast. Median contrast 18.89:1.
BBC News's page recoloured by Cameleon's Legacy skin
All 235 pieces of text clear WCAG AA contrast. Median contrast 14.84:1.
BBC News's page recoloured by Cameleon's Sunset skin
All 235 pieces of text clear WCAG AA contrast. Median contrast 13.50:1.
BBC News's page recoloured by Cameleon's Yardage Book skin
All 235 pieces of text clear WCAG AA contrast. Median contrast 13.02:1.

Captured and measured 3 November 2026 with Cameleon's own engine, on the real page. How it was measured.

What BBC News offers by itself

With the Mac set to dark appearance, the page stayed light.

What Cameleon does on BBC News

  • BBC News stays light when your Mac is dark, so the skin you set for dark appearance recolours it.
  • When your Mac is light, BBC News keeps its own colours unless you set a skin for light appearance, or choose one for BBC News.
  • A light skin, Sunset or Yardage Book, always goes ahead on BBC News, dark or not.
  • Choose a skin on BBC News and it is remembered for BBC News; other sites keep theirs.
  • Colour only: the layout, the text and the links stay as BBC News made them.

The contrast, before and after

ColoursText under WCAG AAMedian contrast
BBC News's own0 of 23515.96:1
Midnight0 of 23517.00:1
Dusk0 of 23518.89:1
Legacy0 of 23514.84:1
Sunset0 of 23513.50:1
Yardage Book0 of 23513.02:1

Measured 3 November 2026 on the page shown, a public one read without signing in, with Cameleon's own engine. WCAG AA is 4.5:1 for text and 3:1 for large text. How it was measured, and what it cannot fix.

BBC News belongs to its owner, who has nothing to do with Cameleon. The captures show its public page, to show the colours.

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