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  The main problems with our old palette were inconsistent perceived lightness of colors (blues and reds are much darker than yellows and greens) and unpredictable contrast ratios between color variants. When picking a color pair, we couldn’t easily tell if it would meet the recommendations from   Web Content Accessibility Guidelines   (WCAG) and had to manually check the contrast ratio. (Or, most likely… not check.) Postmark Color System v1 with inconsistent lightness Contrast ratios against white background In fact, both of these problems were caused by  the inherent fault in the HSL color model  and lack of support for better alternatives in the design tools. While HSL and HSV are fine choices for choosing a single color, they’re not suitable for building a color system, as they simply transform the RGB model and ignore the complexities of human perception. To see what’s wrong with them and find an alternative, we need to look at color theory and conside...

  If you love designing from templates, have you ever worried that all your designs will end up looking the same? If you’re familiar with Canva and use it in your workplace, you might have thought about this before. The good news — you can easily prevent your designs from looking alike. Templates are a great starting point for a design, but changing simple variants such as style, photography, fonts, and colors can give your design a whole new look and feel. As part of some exciting plans we have in the pipeline to make  design in your workplace amazingly simple , we’re going be tackling common design problems over the next couple weeks. Jumping right in — I’m going to show you how you can avoid falling into the trap of repetitive designs, but still retain your personal style. Here are some creative ideas for you to try: 01. Look to the past: Borrow some of the features of historical design styles Often grouped together under the vague term “vintage,”  historical design st...