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COLOR IS FINALLY OK

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Summary from the TLDR Design newsletter

OKLCH is emerging as a replacement for older color systems like HSL because it aligns with human perception—maintaining consistent brightness, stable hues, and more accurate color intensity. Created by Björn Ottosson, it simplifies tasks like building color scales, gradients, and accessible contrast, removing much of the manual tweaking designers have long relied on. Although already adopted in modern tools, browsers, and frameworks, the shift has gone largely unnoticed—even as it quietly fixes long-standing issues in digital color design.