Per-code colors now in the dashboard — checked before you save

Until now, colors on a code were an API feature. Every code’s detail page now has its own Colors card. What you store there applies to all four formats: SVG, PNG, PDF and EPS.

How it works

• Enter the foreground and background as hex values, e.g. #1F4E79. The color picker next to the field helps you choose. The background also offers Transparent.
• The preview comes from the same image route as the downloads and shows your draft before you save. Until then, the downloads keep the saved state.
• Reset to black on white removes the colors again. The message names the previous values, so you can enter them again if needed.

The check

The dashboard judges every color pair immediately, with the same check the API runs:

• Scans well: save as usual.
• Limited scannability (contrast below 4:1): a note with a suggestion.
• Critical (contrast below 2:1, a logo together with weak contrast, or any transparent background): saving needs a confirmation.
• Cannot be saved like this (contrast below 1.5:1): refused.

When you add a logo to a code with colors, the logo confirmation tells you whether the color pair turns critical.

Good to know

• Transparent codes appear on a checkerboard in the dashboard, light or dark depending on the foreground, so a light code is no longer invisible.
• Codes already in print stay readable. New colors do apply immediately to every download at the same address; do not mix files from different states.
• Always do a test scan on the real material before printing. PDF and EPS convert the colors to CMYK without an ICC profile.

What you need to do

Nothing. Codes without colors return exactly the same bytes in all four formats as before, and the download addresses stay the same. Colors are available on every plan, including Free.

All details are under Colors in the dashboard.