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From: Jim Homme
Date: Thu, Jun 13 2019 11:47AM
Subject: Visual Question About Disabled Text and Contrast
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Hi,
Someone is telling me that some text on the web is "grayed out." The gray color is outside the allowable contrast range. Should I recommend a darker gray for this to pass?

Thanks.

Jim

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From: Bim Egan
Date: Thu, Jun 13 2019 11:54AM
Subject: Re: Visual Question About Disabled Text and Contrast
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Hi Jim,

If your text falls within the category of being:
. Incidental: Text or images of text that are part of an inactive
user interface component,

Then the answer is no, you don't need to make the color conform to SC 1.4.3.

HTH,

Bim

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Subject: [WebAIM] Visual Question About Disabled Text and Contrast

Hi,
Someone is telling me that some text on the web is "grayed out." The gray
color is outside the allowable contrast range. Should I recommend a darker
gray for this to pass?

Thanks.

Jim

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Digital Accessibility
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From: John Foliot
Date: Thu, Jun 13 2019 12:52PM
Subject: Re: Visual Question About Disabled Text and Contrast
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Jim wrote:

"...some text on the web is "grayed out."..."

What (kind of) text? And in what context?

JF

On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 12:47 PM Jim Homme < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:

> Hi,
> Someone is telling me that some text on the web is "grayed out." The gray
> color is outside the allowable contrast range. Should I recommend a darker
> gray for this to pass?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jim
>
>
>
> =========> Jim Homme
> Digital Accessibility
> Bender Consulting Services
> 412-787-8567
>
> https://www.benderconsult.com/our%20services/hightest-accessible-technology-solutions
>
> > > > >

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From: Maxability
Date: Thu, Jun 13 2019 10:18PM
Subject: Re: Visual Question About Disabled Text and Contrast
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What is the significance of the text grayed out? In my experience I have
seen few interactive elements such as submit button grayed out until the
user fills in the mandatory fields. There are other instances too but
most of them are interactive elements.

Regards - Rakesh

On 6/14/2019 12:22 AM, John Foliot wrote:
> Jim wrote:
>
> "...some text on the web is "grayed out."..."
>
> What (kind of) text? And in what context?
>
> JF
>
> On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 12:47 PM Jim Homme < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> Someone is telling me that some text on the web is "grayed out." The gray
>> color is outside the allowable contrast range. Should I recommend a darker
>> gray for this to pass?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>>
>> ==========
>> Jim Homme
>> Digital Accessibility
>> Bender Consulting Services
>> 412-787-8567
>>
>> https://www.benderconsult.com/our%20services/hightest-accessible-technology-solutions
>>
>> >> >> >> >>
>

From: Mallory
Date: Fri, Jun 14 2019 6:34AM
Subject: Re: Visual Question About Disabled Text and Contrast
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I've seen active controls greyed out and they darken on :hover/mouseover.

I call them out as fails. But it seems to be a style trend in some places.

cheers,
_mallory

On Fri, Jun 14, 2019, at 6:18 AM, Maxability wrote:
> What is the significance of the text grayed out? In my experience I have
> seen few interactive elements such as submit button grayed out until the
> user fills in the mandatory fields. There are other instances too but
> most of them are interactive elements.
>
> Regards - Rakesh
>
> On 6/14/2019 12:22 AM, John Foliot wrote:
> > Jim wrote:
> >
> > "...some text on the web is "grayed out."..."
> >
> > What (kind of) text? And in what context?
> >
> > JF
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 12:47 PM Jim Homme < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >> Someone is telling me that some text on the web is "grayed out." The gray
> >> color is outside the allowable contrast range. Should I recommend a darker
> >> gray for this to pass?
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >>
> >> Jim
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ==========
> >> Jim Homme
> >> Digital Accessibility
> >> Bender Consulting Services
> >> 412-787-8567
> >>
> >> https://www.benderconsult.com/our%20services/hightest-accessible-technology-solutions
> >>
> >> > >> > >> > >> > >>
> >
> > > > >

From: Jim Homme
Date: Fri, Jun 14 2019 6:45AM
Subject: Re: Visual Question About Disabled Text and Contrast
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Hi,
The gray color indicates unavailable screen areas that the user cannot fill in yet.

Thanks.

Jim

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Digital Accessibility
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412-787-8567
https://www.benderconsult.com/our%20services/hightest-accessible-technology-solutions

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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Visual Question About Disabled Text and Contrast

What is the significance of the text grayed out? In my experience I have seen few interactive elements such as submit button grayed out until the user fills in the mandatory fields. There are other instances too but most of them are interactive elements.

Regards - Rakesh

On 6/14/2019 12:22 AM, John Foliot wrote:
> Jim wrote:
>
> "...some text on the web is "grayed out."..."
>
> What (kind of) text? And in what context?
>
> JF
>
> On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 12:47 PM Jim Homme < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> Someone is telling me that some text on the web is "grayed out." The
>> gray color is outside the allowable contrast range. Should I
>> recommend a darker gray for this to pass?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>>
>> ==========
>> Jim Homme
>> Digital Accessibility
>> Bender Consulting Services
>> 412-787-8567
>>
>> https://www.benderconsult.com/our%20services/hightest-accessible-tech
>> nology-solutions
>>
>> >> >> archives at http://webaim.org/discussion/archives
>> >>
>