- From: Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2020 19:31:34 +0100
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
On 22/07/2020 18:39, Jonathan Avila wrote: > Hi Catherine, Failure F24 addresses situations where a color is defined > for foreground but not background. That is mapped to SC 1.4.3. > > F24: Failure of Success Criterion 1.4.3, 1.4.6 and 1.4.8 due to > specifying foreground colors without specifying background colors or > vice versa However...isn't that particular failure more to do with the fact that in the past, browsers had inconsistent default background colours and that users may have also customised/set their fallback foreground/background in the absence of author-defined styles? If CSS is relied on as a technology, then it's nominally a pass. WCAG doesn't account for users disabling things like images or CSS (or forcing high-contrast, or anything else) directly, no? P -- Patrick H. Lauke https://www.splintered.co.uk/ | https://github.com/patrickhlauke https://flickr.com/photos/redux/ | https://www.deviantart.com/redux twitter: @patrick_h_lauke | skype: patrick_h_lauke
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