Kilotest: Diagnoses of text contrast improvable violation by HTML element 366 on Metropolitan Transportation Authority page

Basics

About the Metropolitan Transportation Authority page

• URL: https://www.mta.info/
• Tested 30 days ago by job oyu on 2026-06-20 at 13:49

About HTML element 366

• Tag name: BUTTON
• Text: Leave now … Change Time
• Start tag: <button id="link_tp_when" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#container_tp_when" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="container_tp_when" aria-label="Change the date and time you leave for your trip" class="edit-main collapsed">
• XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/aside[1]/div[1]/section[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/button[1]
• Bounding box: x = 500, y = 656, width = 280, height = 45

Take me there

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 rule engines diagnose the text contrast improvable issue for HTML element 366 of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority page.

1. Expected color contrast ratio for small font size at least 7:1, but got ratio: 6.36:1, <code>background-color: #0f61a9</code>, <code>foreground-color: #ffffff</code>, <code>font-size: 12pt</code> (original: <code>16px</code>), <code>font-weight: 700</code>.

   Tool: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: color_contrast_aaa7

2. Expected color contrast ratio for small font size at least 7:1, but got ratio: 6.36:1, <code>background-color: #0f61a9</code>, <code>foreground-color: #ffffff</code>, <code>font-size: 12pt</code> (original: <code>16px</code>), <code>font-weight: 400</code>.

   Tool: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: color_contrast_aaa7

3. Elements must meet enhanced color contrast ratio thresholds; Element has insufficient color contrast of 6.35 (foreground color: #ffffff, background color: #0f61a9, font size: 12.0pt (16px), font weight: bold). Expected contrast ratio of 7:1

   Tool: Axe (Deque)

   Rule: color-contrast-enhanced

4. 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 6.36:1. Recommendation: change background to #085aa2.

   Tool: HTML CodeSniffer (Squiz Labs)

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

5. [failed] Element has contrast ratio lower than minimum.

   Tool: QualWeb (University of Lisbon)

   Rule: QW-ACT-R76