“So, does an accessible toilet seat need to be blue? (Also commonly referred to as a disabled toilet). Caroma are showing these on their AS1428.1 compliant toilet suites too.
Well – the answer is “No”. It just needs to achieve the 30% contrast, which could be to the pan, walls or floor when viewed I believe from the toilet facility doorway. So all you people that love black seats or white seats you can still use them, as long as they have a good contrast to their background surfaces.
On this basis, you can use any colour as long as it achieves 30% contrast. Black was the flavour for many years, though some might say it looks a bit dated these days”
Read all about the requirements here
Article by : Lee Wilson, DDA, Disability Access and Egress Consultant, Melbourne, Australia
