Kilotest: Diagnoses of text contrast improvable violation by HTML element 534 on Center for Democracy and Technology contact page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://cdt.org/contact/
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 19:47 by job 261007T1941-aey
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 11
  • Violations: 742
  • Violators: 358
  • Issues: 45
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About the issue

• Why it matters: Content is not easy to understand
• Priority: lowest
• Related WCAG standard: 1.4.6
• Reported by 1 rule engine (ASLint)
• Violations: 25
• Violators: 25

About the violator

• Tag name: SPAN
• Text: (REQUIRED)
• Start tag: <span class="gfield_required">
• XPath: [not obtained]
• Bounding box: x = 1197, y = 2149, width = 0, height = 16
• Reported by ASLint

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the text contrast improvable issue for HTML element 534 of the Center for Democracy and Technology contact page.

1. Expected color contrast ratio for small font size at least 7:1, but got ratio: 2.88:1, <code>background-color: #202c53</code>, <code>foreground-color: #e51515</code>, <code>font-size: 10pt</code> (original: <code>13px</code>), <code>font-weight: 500</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.

   Rule engine: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: color_contrast_aaa7