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Investigate colour contrast issues with the header component #1133

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36degrees opened this issue Jan 14, 2019 · 1 comment
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Investigate colour contrast issues with the header component #1133

36degrees opened this issue Jan 14, 2019 · 1 comment
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36degrees commented Jan 14, 2019 •
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The blue (#1d8feb) used to represent the active state of links in header technically meets WCAG 2.1 AA standards for contrast against the black (#0b0c0c), at a contrast ratio of 5.77:1, but has been flagged as potentially problematic. We should consider improving the contrast.

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This was flagged in an audit of the design system (5th June 2018):

"The choice of colour used for the links within the header navigation may be problematic for some users" (DAC-USER-LV-GT-T22-01)
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Closed issue as its in the done column on the Kanban board

@NickColley NickColley added accessibility regulations failure Does not meet the Public Sector Accessibility Regulations (WCAG 2.2 level AA) and removed accessibility regulations failure Does not meet the Public Sector Accessibility Regulations (WCAG 2.2 level AA) labels Oct 23, 2019
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