Acknowledgments

OmniColor exists because of the open web, open standards and open source. Here is who we thank.

Standards Bodies

  • W3C — HTML5, CSS3, WCAG 2.2, WAI-ARIA, CSS Color Module Level 4
  • WHATWG — HTML Living Standard, URL Standard, DOM Standard
  • ECMA International — ECMAScript (JavaScript)
  • IETF — HTTP, TLS, URI specifications
  • CIE — Colorimetry, CIE Lab, Delta E

Their volunteer-driven work defines the standards that make OmniColor possible.

Open Source Projects

  • Inter font — Rasmus Andersson (SIL OFL 1.1)
  • JetBrains Mono font — JetBrains (SIL OFL 1.1)
  • Tailwind CSS — Tailwind Labs (MIT)
  • Bootstrap — Bootstrap Team (MIT)
  • Material Design — Google (Apache 2.0)

See our Licenses page for complete details.

Scientific Research

  • Brettel, Viénot & Mollon — CVD simulation matrices
  • Albert Munsell — Munsell color system
  • Johannes Itten — Bauhaus color theory foundations
  • Josef Albers — Interaction of Color

Infrastructure

  • Cloudflare — Pages hosting, CDN, edge security
  • GitHub — source code repository

Content References

  • MDN Web Docs — Mozilla
  • Smashing Magazine
  • A List Apart
  • CSS-Tricks

Individuals

  • Rasmus Andersson — for Inter, and for making it open
  • JetBrains — for JetBrains Mono
  • The Tailwind team — for excellent color palette design
  • The W3C AGWG — for WCAG 2.2 and access standards
  • The Cloudflare team — for making static hosting accessible to small teams

Contributors and Testers

Our thanks to everyone who has helped improve OmniColor:

  • Readers who reported bugs
  • Designers who suggested features
  • Accessibility testers who found issues
  • Users who reported incorrect values
  • Educators who provided content feedback

Even small contributions — a clear bug report, a shared link — make a real difference.

Our Users

And most of all, thank you to everyone who uses OmniColor. Whether you visit once a month or every day, whether you bookmark your favorite tool or just use the site occasionally — thank you. Your use of the site is what makes it worth building.

Missing someone from this list? Email hello@omnicolor.pages.dev and we will add them.

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