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Use patterns or icons in addition to colors to signify toast types #718

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@aphelionz

Color should not be the only indicator of the type of alert people are reading, since people with monochromatic color blindness (or even red-green/blue-yellow) would only have to rely on the brightness values of the colors. These values may be very similar between say, "danger" and "success"

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You can use more iconography and change the design spec slightly, or you can do what trello does and embed a pattern in the color as a signifier: http://littlebigdetails.com/post/35775193711/trello-color-blind-friendly-mode-makes

Category: #714: Elastic UI Toasts Accessibility
Relevant WCAG Criteria: 1.4.1 Distinguishable: Use of Color

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