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From: Mosley, Leigh
Date: Feb 8, 2024 6:04AM

Thanks Dean!

I'm trying to think how to best articulate this problem to the publisher. It's embarrassing to have to tell them that zero color differentiation for hyperlinks, although a poor experience for all, technically passes WCAG 2.1 AA, but if they try to improve their UX by changing the color just a bit (less than 3.1 contrast), then I have to actually fail them under WCAG 1.4.1.

Obviously I would also encourage them to consider other visual cues such as underlining, but most designers like to tweak as little as possible in an already published design.

Leigh