In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about new CSS color functions, and tips for viewing the different options and ways of presenting color that are coming.

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• 00:25 Welcome

• 01:35 Sponsor: Linode

• 02:22 Where the CSS spec for Color functions are at the moment

• 05:13 New CSS Color mix function

• 10:29 Color for the color challenged

• 12:53 Color contrast function

• 15:06 Programatically alter colors

• Anyone have a really great CSS Variables color system strategy?

• Color for the color challenged

• Better color tools

• the color-contrast() function

• Benjamin Moore Paints as CSS Colours

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