Kilotest: Diagnoses of text contrast improvable violation by HTML element 475 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 not easy to understand
• Priority: lowest
• Related WCAG standard: 1.4.6
• Reported by 4 rule engines (ASLint + HTML CodeSniffer + Pour + QualWeb)
• Violations: 141
• Violators: 138

About the violator

• Tag name: SPAN
• Text: The Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) is the leading nonpartisan, nonprofit organization shaping technology policy, governance, and design with a focus on equity and democratic values.
• Start tag: <span style="font-weight: 400;">
• XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[3]/header[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/p[1]/span[1]
• Bounding box: x = 240, y = 351, width = 538, height = 63
• Reported by HTML CodeSniffer + QualWeb

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Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the text contrast improvable issue for HTML element 475 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 7:1, but text in this element has a contrast ratio of 4.35:1. Recommendation: change background to #2f45db.

   Rule engine: HTML CodeSniffer (Squiz Labs)

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

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

   Rule engine: QualWeb (University of Lisbon)

   Rule: QW-ACT-R76