Google keeps tinkering with all sorts of new features for Chrome browser, and something of them appears to concern the high contrast mode that users can enable in their os's.

On Windows, for instance, the high contrast mode is usually enabled not necessarily as an accessibility feature, but as a mode that simplifies everything on screen.

And because of that, Google Chrome must be in a position to adjust to this adjusted visual style, which is precisely what Google has been working on lately.

Reddit user Leopeva64-2 has discovered a new flag added to Google Chrome which when activated forces the browser to show sites in high contrast mode as well.

But let's take everything one at a time and find out how Chrome's behavior changes moving forward.

First and foremost, Google Chrome has already been in a position to determine when you're using a high contrast mode within the operating system, therefore it can react accordingly.

In Windows 10, for example, the stable form of Chrome detects when the high contrast mode is enabled and prompts users to install extra time that may help render websites properly.

See the web in high contrast mode
Try:
High Contrast Extension
Dark Theme

Both high contrast extension and also the built-in Google Chrome dark theme certainly help when the high contrast mode is enabled on a device, however it appears like Google wants to make everything a bit more seamless and force websites to render sites in high contrast mode without any user input.

In other words, should you enable the high contrast mode on your device, Google should switch on this feature inside the browser as well, so websites would be rendered accordingly without you having to touch any other switch.

"When high contrast is currently enabled in Chrome, a popup is displayed prompting the consumer to set up our prime Contrast extension. This extension uses CSS/SVG filter effects overlaid around the entire webpage using its own predefined themes. The benefit of enabling high contrast in the core platform, as compared to the extension-based approach, is it supplies a more seamless experience for users with the remainder of the Windows OS. This includes not just the browser-context, but also other Chromium-powered applications," Google explains.

A flag to allow this new capability in the search engines Chrome has already been put into the Canary version, and you can give it a try pretty fast. To begin with, update Google Chrome Canary to the latest version, and then type the following code within the address bar of the browser:

chrome://flags

Next, search for the following flag:

Forced Colors

If you wish to use the fast lane, copy the next code and paste it in the address bar of the browser:

chrome://flags/#forced-colors

You're going to need to reboot the browser, after which our prime contrast mode is automatically enabled. Remember that the high contrast setting ought to be enabled on the operating-system. To disable this behavior, you simply need to set the flag towards the disabled value - setting it to default also works best for now considering that default means it's switched off within the browser.

As the flag description reads, the high contrast mode will be on Windows, Linux, macOS, Android, and ChromeOS. No ETA can be obtained for the time being, but it should go reside in the next stable form of Google Chrome.

Obviously, the rest of the Chromium-powered browsers should get similar capabilities too, and here you can the Chromium-based version of Microsoft Edge as well.