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Re: Minimal style needed to make links accessible?

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From: Eyal Sela (
Date: Aug 23, 2010 4:21PM

PS "If the visual cue is only provided on hover (as in the example above),
it would still fail."
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On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 01:18, Eyal Sela (@eyalsela)
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> according to "F73: Failure of Success Criterion 1.4.1 due to creating
> links that are not visually evident without color vision<http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/NOTE-WCAG20-TECHS-20081211/complete.html#F73>;",
> they could be (for example) bolded or italicized insted of underlined.
>
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> On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 21:25, Jared Smith < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 12:06 PM, E.J. Zufelt wrote:
>>
>> > So, in short, when a link does not use the standard underline, what is
>> the minimal stylistic difference it must have from the non-link text on the
>> page to maintain perceivability?
>>
>> This WebAIM blog entry presents the WCAG 2.0 requirements -
>> http://webaim.org/blog/wcag-2-0-and-link-colors/
>>
>> In short, WCAG 2.0 requires a contrast ratio of of 3:1 between
>> non-underlined links and surrounding text. As the article points out,
>> when you combine this requirement with the foreground/background
>> contrast requirements, the possible color combinations for the page
>> become fairly limited.
>>
>> Also of note is that non-color designators (typically the introduction
>> of the underline) are required when the link is hovered with the mouse
>> or receives keyboard focus (a:focus, a:hover in CSS). This is a Level
>> A requirement.
>>
>> Jared Smith
>> WebAIM.org
>>