[header] How to make a website 508 compliant [title] Use color effectively. [step] To keep your website compliant and accessible to users who are color-blind, use an additional method other than color to convey important information. [substeps] For example, you might use blue to indicate words in black text are links to other pages. 
However, to make your website 508 compliant, you also must use something other than color to show those words are links, such as underlining the word as well. In addition, all color must include sufficient contrast, and all information must be conveyed both with and without color.