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Re: WCAG Non-Text contrast

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From: glen walker
Date: Oct 16, 2020 12:06PM

Your example can be a subjective decision. 1.4.11 says "Visual information
required to identify user interface components" must have a 3:1 minimum
ratio. So you have to decide if the red button on the blue background is
required to identify that it's a button. I'm somewhat lenient on this
one. As you mentioned, the white text on the red background is ok. I
usually make the decision based on the button's label and if it's obvious
that an action will be performed. Something like "add to cart" or "open an
account". To me, having an appropriate action label is sufficient to
indicate you have some kind of button. That is, I don't necessarily have
to see where the boundary of the button is to know it's a button if it has
a good action label. I know I can click on the label of the button.

On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 11:43 AM partha das < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I am working on a project where We have red (#E62600) button on a blue
> (#323264) background. The red button is having white text> Now the white is
> complaints against the red but the red button color is not complaints
> against the blue background.
>
> Now the question is, do we have to consider making the red button complaint
> against the blue background as per 1.4.11 non-text contrast. My thought
> about this is, since the white is complaintson red we should good to go.
> Looking for some thought here.
>
> [image: image.png]
>
>
> Thanks
> Partha Das
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