Source: https://tailwindcss.com/docs/forced-color-adjust

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1. Accessibility
2. forced-color-adjust

Accessibility

forced-color-adjust

Utilities for opting in and out of forced colors.

| Class | Styles | | --- | --- | | forced-color-adjust-auto | forced-color-adjust: auto; | | forced-color-adjust-none | forced-color-adjust: none; |

Examples

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Opting out of forced colors

Use the forced-color-adjust-none utility to opt an element out of the colors enforced by forced colors mode. This is useful in situations where enforcing a limited color palette will degrade usability.

Try emulating `forced-colors: active` in your developer tools to see the changes

Basic Tee

$35

Choose a color

WhiteGrayBlack

<form>  <img src="/img/shirt.jpg" />  <div>    <h3>Basic Tee</h3>    <h3>$35</h3>    <fieldset>      <legend class="sr-only">Choose a color</legend>      <div class="forced-color-adjust-none ...">        <label>          <input class="sr-only" type="radio" name="color-choice" value="White" />          <span class="sr-only">White</span>          <span class="size-6 rounded-full border border-black/10 bg-white"></span>        </label>        <!-- ... -->      </div>    </fieldset>  </div></form>

You can also use the forced colors variant to conditionally add styles when the user has enabled a forced color mode.

Restoring forced colors

Use the forced-color-adjust-auto utility to make an element adhere to colors enforced by forced colors mode:

<form>  <fieldset class="forced-color-adjust-none lg:forced-color-adjust-auto ...">    <legend>Choose a color:</legend>    <select class="hidden lg:block">      <option value="White">White</option>      <option value="Gray">Gray</option>      <option value="Black">Black</option>    </select>    <div class="lg:hidden">      <label>        <input class="sr-only" type="radio" name="color-choice" value="White" />        <!-- ... -->      </label>      <!-- ... -->    </div>  </fieldset></form>

This can be useful if you want to undo the forced-color-adjust-none utility, for example on a larger screen size.

Responsive design

Prefix a forced-color-adjust utility with a breakpoint variant like md: to only apply the utility at medium screen sizes and above:

<div class="forced-color-adjust-none md:forced-color-adjust-auto ...">  <!-- ... --></div>

Learn more about using variants in the variants documentation .

On this page

• Quick reference

• Examples

  • Opting out of forced colors

  • Restoring forced colors

  • Responsive design

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