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Re: Reg: Color contrast of Alt Text of Images

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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Feb 1, 2023 3:55AM

On 01/02/2023 10:45, Gopinathan Natesan wrote:

> I have a query regarding Color contrast of alt text of images.
>
> After disabling the image in browser settings, is it mandatory to check the
> color contrast of alt text of images with browser background?

In short, no. Or rather: for WCAG, you don't need to test turning off
images and then checking the contrast of the fallback the browser
presents. If you decide to still do it, it's an extra, not related to
WCAG per se.

P
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