Billy Sweeney
@billy_sweeney
Product Designer at Figma – previously at Dropbox, Squarespace, Facebook, and startups
Color contrast accessibility tools are now available in the @figma color picker! Grateful for the chance to design this, and I hope it helps contribute to more design in the world being made more inclusive. Let us know what you think!
We’ve made some upgrades to the variables authoring modal in Figma. → Filter → Search → Expand These are out now! Big thanks to the team that brought these to life — more to come :)
Before having color contrast checks directly available in my @figma workflows, I would have chosen color combos that are not passable by accessibility standards. But because of this feature, I’m learning to better recognize good contrast. Here’s a few examples!
Excited to release something soon for @figma users… Join us live on Tuesday at 8:30am Pacific events.figma.com/apr-rel-notes-…
Our brand team is so good — look at this motion piece they crafted up for my latest project!
Get your fill with the updated eyedropper, only in UI3 → Reuse styles and variables (Shift + Click) → Copy style and variable names (also hex, RGB, HSL, and HSB codes!) in raw text format → Tab through different color formats → Create a new style or variable (Shift + CMD +…
This might be my favorite project I’ve ever worked on — a completely redesigned eyedropper in @figma. Out now!
