Municipal Website Design & Content Guidelines

• Make sure all text is readable and content is accessible to assistive technology,
such as screen readers.
• Color Deficiencies
About 8% of men and 0.04% of women suffer from some form of color
deficiency. The most common form of color deficiency is red-green, which is the
inability to distinguish between red and green. The second most common form is
blue-yellow. So avoid using color combinations that could cause problems for
color deficient users.
• Bright Blue and Red Headache
Looking at bright blue and red together can cause a headache-inducing condition
called Chromostereopsis. This condition causes the viewer to perceive that one
color floating above the other. So, avoid using bright red and blue on the same
Web page
Copyrighted Material
• As in any other media publishing environment, exercise extreme care that you
have permission to use material, text or images from another source.