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Re: Colour contrast measurement techniques

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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Feb 17, 2023 4:09PM

On 17/02/2023 22:54, Steve Green wrote:
> Thanks Patrick. I now use the same process as you. However, I suspect that a lot of people don't.
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> If the intention of the success criterion is that we are supposed to use the author specified colour, I would say that it totally fails to convey that. In fact, the normative text starts with "The visual presentation of text...", which could easily be interpreted as meaning the rendered appearance.

"WCAG in 'fails to convey what it actually means' shocker..." :D

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