Re: [WebAIM] Color of link text

The only fly in the ointment for me is that Eric's example could actually
pass 1.4.3 if large text on a background was
#5A5A5A background, body text is #000000

Which would be a pretty horrendous experience also...
http://davidmacd.com/test/bad-contrast.html

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On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 12:09 PM, Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk>
wrote:

> On 11/07/2016 17:01, David MacDonald wrote:
>
>> If we are talking about distinguishing link text from static text, the
>> technique basically says "if you provide sufficient contrast with the
>> background and sufficient contrast between the link and the static, and
>> do some hover things you can get an exemption from using color alone on
>> page load because you have sufficient contrast a person who is color
>> blind will most likely be able to distinguish the link text from the
>> contrast change."
>>
>
> Eric's codepen http://codepen.io/yatil/full/NAakoA/ is a perfect example
> of this - it passes the "there text and links have sufficient contrast with
> the background, and a 3:1 contrast with each other" loophole, and still as
> a sighted mouse user with normal color vision I was left completely baffled
> and unable to find the links in amongst the text. For this reason, I think
> the technique and the loophole it currently provides is not in the interest
> even of mouse users - the fact that it won't work for touchscreen users
> either is possibly the last nail in the coffin for it.
>
> There was strong pressure to allow for the current practice of not
>> underlining links in blocks of text.
>>
>> Personally, I'm fine with ditching it.
>>
>
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