Re: Graphics contrast

On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 8:32 AM, Glenda Sims <glenda.sims@deque.com> wrote:

> Alastair,
>
> I think you and I are thinking the same way.  The reason I'm not
> comfortable just saying "adjacent elements" is...I think it will be
> problematic to objectively measure.  Let's imagine a trashcan icon that is
> being used as an interactive element. Here is a simple example from my
> gmail account: [image: Inline image 1]
> In this case, the primary color of the trashcan is dark grey (#6E6E6E) and
> the primary color of the background is light grey (#F4F4F4).  Ignoring the
> anti-aliasing bits around the end of the trashcan...I grab a pixel of the
> dark grey to compare against a pixel of the light grey....and smile,
> because it is 4.6 to 1.
>
> BUT...what if the trashcan was rainbow striped diagonally, the lid was
> light purple, the background color was the same light grey  (#F4F4F4) as
> the previous example.
>
> [image: Inline image 4]
>
> For testing purposes...let's just focus on the lid...you would look at the
> light purple lid, in your mind, draw a "need to test the background color"
> 3px perimeter around the edge of the lid.  Your brain then says...oh, that
> is just one color in that 3px perimeter around the edge of the lid...so now
> I'll compare the light purple: #CBCBFE to the light grey #F4F4F4...see it
> is only 1.4 to 1, and say, that lid fails.
>

​agree, lid fails

>
> But if I had to do this with the trash can body...I would have to compare
> each stripe of the trashcan against the 3 px surrounding area just outside
> the edge of that color of the trashcan.
>
> So...there is NO requirement for borders on anything.  BUT...for testing
> purposes...we are going to look at the immediate 3 pixels perimeter.
>

​This is a poor example. nothing in the body of the trashcan passes. ​


​for argument, lets say the red stripes passed but nothing else does. I
think the icon fails.
if the trashcan has a 4.5:1 border with background only, I think the icon
passes.


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> On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 5:03 PM, Alastair Campbell <acampbell@nomensa.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> I was reading through the minutes, and considering the term "immediate
>> surrounding background" for both contrast SCs.
>>
>> I think what we're actually trying to say is: "adjacent elements", and in
>> the definition of that include the background as the obvious adjacent
>> element.
>>
>> I.e. it doesn't matter if it is a background or another part of the same
>> graphic, it is what is next to it that counts.
>>
>> That means we aren't asking for borders specifically (which seems
>> implied), there are several techniques that can apply, such as breaking up
>> a slices of pie chart with gaps in between, or a border, or just having
>> contrasting colours.
>>
>> Therefore the graphics contrast SC would start:
>> "The visual presentation of important information in graphical elements
>> has a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1 against the adjacent elements,
>> except for the following:"
>>
>> Perhaps in the Interactive Element Contrast SC the term background is
>> more applicable because we aren't expecting them to be next to the elements
>> (apart from interactive graphics?)
>>
>> -Alastair
>>
>
>


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