1. A method of providing an objective evaluation of the legibility of color selections for foreground content and background of visual displays, in terms of the presentation of adequate visual contrast, comprising the steps of: (a) receiving as input a foreground color for the foreground content and a background color for the background; (b) calculating the visual contrast between the foreground and background colors; (c) displaying the results of the calculation of the visual contrast of the inputted foreground and background colors in the form of an objective evaluation of the legibility of the inputted color combination.