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Re: Color contrast ratio for non-text content

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From: Ramya Sethuraman
Date: Mar 5, 2013 2:06PM

Thanks Jared.

On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 12:19 PM, Jared Smith < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Ramya Sethuraman wrote:
> > Is there a minimum color contrast ratio for non-text content (icons,
> image
> > buttons without text etc) that a user can click to take some action?
>
> WCAG only specifies contrast requirements for text and images of text.
> Clearly users need adequate contrast for non-text interactive items
> also. I think the WCAG level AA ratios (4.5:1 or 3:1 if it's a heavy
> set graphic) provide a pretty good threshold for such things.
>
> Jared
> > > >



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