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Re: The WAVE reports "1x very low contrast"

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From: Joseph Sherman
Date: Jul 3, 2019 7:45AM

Looks like a false positive. None of the other tools I use reported a contrast issue.

Joseph

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From: WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> > On Behalf Of Patrick H. Lauke
Sent: Wednesday, July 3, 2019 5:32 AM
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] The WAVE reports "1x very low contrast"

On 03/07/2019 10:00, Laura Carlson wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
>
> The WAVE reports "1x very low contrast" on every page in our Library's
> website. The following URL is a sample page:
>
> http://wave.webaim.org/report#/https://lib.d.umn.edu/about/excellence
>
> Is there a way to determine where the WAVE thinks the error is located
> on the page? No low contrast icon seems to be in code view.

Urgh, that seems to be an odd one...smells like a false positive.

I brute-forced this by opening devtools and looking in the DOM for the "wave.webaim.org/img/contrast.png" image. It appears twice in the page...once in the left-hand WAVE sidebar itself, and once...inside the search button <svg> top right.

P
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