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Stop using red vs green in dashboards

2026-09-15 by Johan de Groot

So many dashboards show “good vs bad”, or “above vs below target” in a chart or text with green and red. Red means stop, green means go in traffic – so it feels universal. It isn’t.

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A meaningful part of your users find it really hard to tell apart red and green, which makes this the one of the most common accessibility mistakes in dashboard design.

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