Kilotest: Diagnoses of contrast poor violation by HTML element 1028 on Center for Democracy and Technology page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://cdt.org/
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 19:43 by job 261007T1941-nud
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 11
  • Violations: 1226
  • Violators: 632
  • Issues: 48
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About the issue

• Why it matters: Content is difficult to understand
• Priority: highest
• Related WCAG standard: 1.4.3
• Reported by 2 rule engines (Accessibility Checker + HTML CodeSniffer)
• Violations: 3
• Violators: 3

About the violator

• Tag name: H2
• Text: Learn About CDT Europe’s Work
• Start tag: <h2 class="simple-promo__title title" reveal="1b/" reveal-group="group-839451" style="--reveal-sequence: 1;" reveal-initialized="">
• XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/h2[1]
• Bounding box: x = 278, y = 4048, width = 662, height = 115
• Reported by HTML CodeSniffer

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Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the contrast poor issue for HTML element 1028 of the Center for Democracy and Technology page.

1. This element has insufficient contrast at this conformance level. Expected a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1, but text in this element has a contrast ratio of 4.35:1. Recommendation: change background to #5066fc.

   Rule engine: HTML CodeSniffer (Squiz Labs)

   Rule: E-WCAG2AAA.Principle1.Guideline1_4.1_4_6.G18.Fail