Accessible Use of Red and Pink in Brand and Web Design
Red and pink are two of the most emotionally loaded colors you can use in your brand and user interface (UI). They signal urgency, error, romance, femininity, rebellion, sales, and warnings before a user reads a single word.
Silent Churn: The Customers Who Leave Without Telling You
I built a business around accessibility — and when I hit a barrier on a website, I still don't report it. I'm tired. I'm one of the 92% who just leave. Here's what silent churn looks like from both sides, and why your analytics will never warn you.
The Subtitle Effect: What 7,000 People Just Taught Us About Accessibility
Nearly 7,000 people answered a viral poll about captions — and 91% use them at least sometimes. Most don't have hearing loss. Here's what the subtitle effect reveals about every accessibility feature that doesn't have a toggle, and why your audience will never tell you when they leave.
Your Site Is Leaking Sales: A Plain-Language Guide to Accessibility and Revenue
Most accessibility advice is written for developers, not the small business owner trying to stop losing sales. This guide breaks down five common myths about accessibility, shows what a real fix looks like (it's not a rebuild), and explains why this is a revenue problem long before it's a legal one.
Blue & Teal in Branding: Beautiful Colors With a Contrast Problem Nobody Talks About
Blue and teal are two of the most trusted colors in branding. They're calming, dependable, and used by everyone from Fortune 500 companies to your favorite small business tools. But there's a contrast problem hiding in plain sight and most brands don't catch it until the damage is done.
Purple Has Range. Your Color Contrast Has to Keep Up.
Purple is one of the most beloved colors in brand design and one of the most misunderstood when it comes to color contrast. In this post, I break down when monochromatic purple palettes actually work, when they fail, and what to do about combinations like purple + orange or dark purple boxes layered on bright purple backgrounds. With real brand examples from Reverie, Maria Violeta, Aussie, NYU, Twitch, and Allison Hardy — plus the actual contrast ratios behind each one.

