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Eric_Mases
Brass Contributor
Feb 28, 2018
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New App Launcher cannot have a white Accent color because controls disappear

I was asked to set Accent color of app launcher to light gray but discovered the new app launcher have controls that inherit the color and become barely visible. As displayed in image below I had t...
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  • Katie Kivett's avatar
    Katie Kivett
    Mar 01, 2018

    First, thank you for calling this out. We are 100% committed to accessibility.

     

    We are considering removing the behavior where the Office 365 app launcher inherits custom accent colors. We want to provide flexibility to customize Office 365 to reflect an organizational brand, but also safe guard against the creation of accessibility issues for users.

     

    In the short-term, the work around is to select another custom accent color (like you have done) that reflects organizational brand color in the header, but also allows the links in the Office 365 app launcher to be visible to all users. 

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Dean_Gross
Silver Contributor
Feb 28, 2018

Brian Levenson can you get the right people to look into getting this poor choice of fonts/colors fixed? The gray/white color combo should never be used, it is very hard for many people to read.

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    VasilMichev
    MVP
    Feb 28, 2018

    Tom Batcheler might be able to help here.

     

    I'd also like to express my concerns on this, as it seems that accessibility features are being overlooked lately. I've always praised Microsoft on that front, hope they continue delivering...

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