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Re: Removing CSS Background image for legibility an Accessibility requirement?

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From: glen walker
Date: Mar 15, 2022 1:41PM

They can't, which is why it would fail 1.4.3

1.4.3 says, "The visual presentation of text *and images of text *has a
contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1..."

Emphasis on "and images of text" is mine specifically for this question.

On Tue, Mar 15, 2022 at 1:38 PM David Engebretson Jr. <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

>
> 1. if the background image does load, and said background image has a
> section of it that matches (or has insufficient contrast to) the color
> definition of the text in front of it, how does the low vision and/or color
> blind person discern the text that overlaps that section of the background
> image?
>
>