Re: [WebAIM] Color of link text

I believe G183 requires BOTH the link text AND the static text to have
minimum 4.5:1 with the background... BUT 3:1 with each other.

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On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 7:01 AM, Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk>
wrote:

> FWIW I've filed an issue in WCAG's github repo about this:
>
> https://github.com/w3c/wcag/issues/201
>
> Thoughts/support there welcome.
>
> P
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> On 10/07/2016 17:18, Patrick H. Lauke wrote:
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>> On 10/07/2016 17:03, Gregg Vanderheiden wrote:
>>
>>> Great point Patrick
>>>
>>> There are devices that do have HOVER (detect finger near screen)  — but
>>> not all devices do - and we can’t assume that they all will any time
>>> soon  (or perhaps not all ever).
>>>
>>> So great reminder on this.
>>>
>>
>> So we good with this idea of, first of all, patching G183 to exclude
>> touchscreen interfaces (and any other interfaces that lack hover/focus)?
>> Should we take it straight to the WCAG WG, or work on something here
>> first before submitting a change proposal?
>>
>> In short, I'd say we should add a note to G183 saying that it does NOT
>>>> apply to touchscreen input (without AT), since there's generally no
>>>> concept of hover for touchscreen devices, and that focus is applied
>>>> only after the user initiated an interaction/activation.
>>>>
>>>
>> P
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