Kilotest: Diagnoses of text contrast improvable violation by HTML element 302 on International Consortium of Investigative Journalists page

Here is how tools diagnose the text contrast improvable issue for HTML element 302 of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists page.

Basics

• About the text contrast improvable issue
  • Why it matters: Content is not easy to understand
  • Priority: lowest
  • Related WCAG standard: 1.4.6
• About the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists page
  • URL: https://www.icij.org/
  • Tested on 2026-04-03 at 03:59
• About HTML element 302
  • Take me there
  • Tag name: ARTICLE
  • Text: IMPACT … BY CARMEN MOLINA ACOSTA / APR 02, 2026
  • Start tag: <article>
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/article[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 365, y = 185, width = 595, height = 589

Diagnoses

1. The highest possible contrast of the text is 4:1 which is below the required contrast of 7:1

   Tool: Alfa (Siteimprove)

   Rule: r66

2. The highest possible contrast of the text is 5.74:1 which is below the required contrast of 7:1

   Tool: Alfa (Siteimprove)

   Rule: r66

3. Expected color contrast ratio for small font size at least 7:1, but got ratio: 4:1, <code>background-color: #ffffff</code>, <code>foreground-color: #ff0000</code>, <code>font-size: 9pt</code> (original: <code>12px</code>), <code>font-weight: 400</code>.

   Tool: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: color_contrast_aaa7

4. Expected color contrast ratio for small font size at least 7:1, but got ratio: 5.74:1, <code>background-color: #ffffff</code>, <code>foreground-color: #666666</code>, <code>font-size: 11pt</code> (original: <code>14px</code>), <code>font-weight: 400</code>.

   Tool: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: color_contrast_aaa7