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Re: WCAG Non-Text contrast

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From: Sandy Feldman
Date: Oct 16, 2020 12:08PM

also, you could (but you don't have to) put a little white border around
the button.

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Sandy
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On 2020-10-16 2:02 p.m., Steve Green wrote:
> You need to fix the red / white contrast, which is currently 4.1:1. Once it is 4.5:1 or higher, there is no contrast requirement between the button and the background. So just make the red a bit darker.
>
> Steve Green
> Managing Director
> Test Partners Ltd
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> > On Behalf Of partha das
> Sent: 16 October 2020 18:43
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> Subject: [WebAIM] WCAG Non-Text contrast
>
> 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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