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Re: color change button?

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From: Sarah Ferguson
Date: Sep 27, 2017 3:33PM

I've heard it can be used as a basis for a discrimination lawsuit. That
usually silences the nay-sayers.

Sarah


On Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 5:21 PM, Tomlins Diane <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> We are working on the branding colors for our many divisions' websites to
> meet the Level AA contrast ratios. As you might expect, some marketing
> people are unhappy about this and pushing back. In most cases, the color
> change is fairly subtle, it's not like these are drastic color changes
> (except for one site that uses a screaming orange!)
>
> So, one of those folks pushing back has suggested that we provide a
> mechanism that would allow a visitor to change the colors to our compliant
> colors if they need it. Our answer to that idea is that it's not an
> acceptable solution, the colors need to be accessible to begin with. This
> person went as far as to suggest that we are making their sites ugly just
> to cater to "the 1% who need it".. I was kind of gob-smacked by that
> response, especially when this person goes on to say " we take
> accessibility very serious but..." - smh.
>
> They are now asking for facts or something to back up WHY this color
> change button cannot be used. I provided quite a few statistics to refute
> the 1% comment as they clearly have no idea how many people are affected
> and can benefit from good color contrast.
>
> Anyway, I'm interested in your input/opinion on this idea.. has anyone
> ever done such a thing?? I think I know what the arguments are against it,
> but some of you may have different ones :)
>
> Thank you!
> Diane R Tomlins
> HCA IT&S | Digital Media
> Accessibility SME
>
>
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