Kilotest: Diagnoses of text contrast improvable violation by HTML element 672 on Portland Community College page

Basics

About the Portland Community College page

• URL: https://www.pcc.edu/
• Tested 38 days ago by job ico on 2026-04-24 at 19:44

About HTML element 672

• Tag name: A
• Text: Swan Island Trades Center … at the intersection of N Cutter Cir and N Leverman St just off Swan Island in Portland's Overlook neighborhood
• Start tag: <a href="/locations/swan-island/" data-pin="map-sw">
• XPath: /html/body/main[1]/div[1]/section[6]/div[2]/div[2]/div[2]/div[1]/div[2]/ul[1]/li[1]/a[1]
• Bounding box: x = 1432, y = 4480, width = 217, height = 26

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About the text contrast improvable issue

• Why it matters: Content is not easy to understand
• Priority: lowest
• Related WCAG standard: 1.4.6

Diagnoses

Here is how tools diagnose the text contrast improvable issue for HTML element 672 of the Portland Community College page.

1. Expected color contrast ratio for small font size at least 7:1, but got ratio: 6.6:1, <code>background-color: #ffffff</code>, <code>foreground-color: #00667a</code>, <code>font-size: 12pt</code> (original: <code>16px</code>), <code>font-weight: 400</code>. <small>Note:</small> The element is possibly visually hidden and that state might be temporary. For example the lazy loading technique can be used and the element will be visible at some point.

   Tool: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: color_contrast_aaa7

2. This element has insufficient contrast at this conformance level. Expected a contrast ratio of at least 7:1, but text in this element has a contrast ratio of 6.6:1. Recommendation: change text colour to #006174.

   Tool: HTML CodeSniffer (Squiz Labs)

   Rule: E-WCAG2AAA.Principle1.Guideline1_4.1_4_6.G17.Fail