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From: Jennison Mark Asuncion
Date: Tue, Jan 06 2015 8:57AM
Subject: question re link text
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Hi,
I've been asked the following: - what have other people done to
conform to WCAG's color contrast guideline in situations where text of
a link (which is dark blue) fades into the rest of the copy which is
also dark blue (i.e., one wouldn't be able to differentiate between
what is the link text and actual text)? They are looking for ideas
other than underlining the links.
Jennison
From: Jonathan Avila
Date: Tue, Jan 06 2015 9:02AM
Subject: Re: question re link text
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> I've been asked the following: - what have other people done to conform to WCAG's color contrast guideline in situations where text of a link (which is dark blue) fades into the rest of the copy which is also dark blue (i.e., one
G183 indicates underlining, bolding, italics, or increased size only on focus is acceptable although some disagree.
http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/G183.html
Jonathan
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Subject: [WebAIM] question re link text
Hi,
I've been asked the following: - what have other people done to conform to WCAG's color contrast guideline in situations where text of a link (which is dark blue) fades into the rest of the copy which is also dark blue (i.e., one wouldn't be able to differentiate between what is the link text and actual text)? They are looking for ideas other than underlining the links.
Jennison
From: Jared Smith
Date: Tue, Jan 06 2015 9:28AM
Subject: Re: question re link text
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For links that are not underlined, WCAG requires a 3:1 contrast ratio
between link text and non-link text. This situation would clearly fail
this Level A requirement. WCAG also requires a "non-color designator"
(typically the underline) when the link is both hovered with a mouse
and tabbed to with the keyboard.
I've never really understood the aversion to underlining links. It's a
universal indicator that the text is a link, and is especially useful
on modern high resolution small screen devices.
Jared