Kilotest: Diagnoses of text contrast improvable violation by HTML element 55 on WebAIM page

Basics

About the WebAIM page

• URL: https://webaim.org/
• Tested 29 days ago by job vbr on 2026-05-03 at 17:03

About HTML element 55

• Tag name: P
• Text: Expanding the potential of the web for people with disabilities by empowering individuals and organizations to create accessible content.
• Start tag: <p id="mission">
• XPath: /html/body/main[1]/article[1]/p[1]
• Bounding box: x = 490, y = 408, width = 920, height = 48

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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 55 of the WebAIM page.

1. Elements must meet enhanced color contrast ratio thresholds; Element has insufficient color contrast of 5.74 (foreground color: #666666, background color: #ffffff, font size: 14.9pt (19.8px), font weight: normal). Expected contrast ratio of 7:1

   Tool: Axe (Deque)

   Rule: color-contrast-enhanced

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 5.74:1. Recommendation: change text colour to #595959.

   Tool: HTML CodeSniffer (Squiz Labs)

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