Kilotest: Diagnoses of text contrast improvable violation by HTML element 445 on International Consortium of Investigative Journalists page

Here is how tools diagnose the text contrast improvable issue for HTML element 445 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 445
  • Tag name: DIV
  • Text: IMPACT … MAR 17, 2026
  • Start tag: <div class="col-7 col-md-12 pl-0 pl-md-2">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/div[4]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/div[4]/article[1]/div[2]
  • Bounding box: x = 1265, y = 1448, width = 305, height = 117

Diagnoses

1. 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

2. 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: 9pt</code> (original: <code>12px</code>), <code>font-weight: 400</code>.

   Tool: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: color_contrast_aaa7