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Re: link color that meets contrast requirements relative to bg and surrounding text?

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From: Robert Fentress
Date: Oct 4, 2017 8:26AM

Thanks, Joe. Maybe they would be more receptive to bolding. Good idea!

On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 9:43 AM, Joe Chidzik < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> Not aware of one tool that does all you need, but I find the Tanaguru
> contrast finder incredibly useful at being given a failed contrast
> combination, and suggesting a number of conformant combinations by changing
> either the foreground background colour accordingly (and automatically).
>
> I guess you could go through the list of compliant colour combinations it
> suggests with a colour picker to find a combination that meets your
> requirements for foregroundbackground, AND textlink text colours.
>
> http://contrast-finder.tanaguru.com/
>
> Of course, underlining links is desirable, but would they settle for
> bolding them instead if underlining is not an option? This would also
> satisfy the requirement.
>
> Cheers
> Joe
>
> >