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Fix low color contrast in Squarespace

Edit your palette or the section color theme that has the failing text.

Checked against Squarespace's help docs on 2026-10-09. Menu names can change; the source links below have the latest steps.

  1. Open Site styles, expand Colors, and click Edit palette. Change the swatch that's used for the failing text or background, using the passing hex code from your Accessibility Shield dashboard.
  2. To change one kind of text (for example paragraphs or buttons), open the color theme your section uses under Colors, click the matching tweak, and pick a new color. This updates every section that uses that theme.
  3. If a single section fails, edit that section, open Colors, and pick a color theme with better contrast.
  4. Text colors set in a text block's toolbar override the theme. Check those blocks too.

These steps are for version 7.1 sites. On version 7.0, colors are site-wide tweaks under Site styles.

Check it: publish your change, then run a new scan from your dashboard. The issue should drop off the list.

What this issue means and who it affects

Sources

  • Squarespace: changing colors(opens in a new tab)
  • WCAG 1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum)(opens in a new tab)

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