Improving accessibility: Standard red gets an update in Microsoft 365

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Sep 24, 2025

Hello, Insiders! I’m Shireen Salma, a Product Manager on the Office Accessibility team. I’m excited to announce that we are upgrading the standard red font color in the color picker in Microsoft Word...

A screenshot of the words Old standard red and New standard red written in Microsoft Word with slightly different shades of red font color.

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Improving accessibility: Standard red gets an update in Microsoft 365