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Re: hyperlinked text that is indistinguishable from adjacent text

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From: Joseph Krack
Date: Feb 8, 2024 9:06AM

The way it is written in the WCAG is pretty inconsistent.  While it
seems that changing link text to a contrasting color (at least 3.01 -
which is hard to do), would be sufficient. However, this breaks the
obvious color alone standard.  Our standard is that it is preferred if
the hyperlink text is a different color than the surrounding text, but
it is mandatory that the hyperlink is underlined, or has some other
visual cue.

Joe

On 2/8/2024 5:04 AM, Mosley, Leigh via WebAIM-Forum wrote:
> Thanks Dean!
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> 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.
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> 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.
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