Kilotest: Diagnoses of text contrast improvable violation by HTML element 779 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: DIV
• Text: Oct 7, 2026 … san.com
• Start tag: <div class="meta-list meta-list--press" data-pattern="meta-list">
• XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/section[2]/div[1]/div[1]/article[3]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]
• Bounding box: x = 980, y = 2473, width = 282, height = 40
• Reported by ASLint

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Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the text contrast improvable issue for HTML element 779 of the Center for Democracy and Technology page.

1. Expected color contrast ratio for small font size at least 7:1, but got ratio: 5.13:1, <code>background-color: #ffffff</code>, <code>foreground-color: #5d6c9d</code>, <code>font-size: 10pt</code> (original: <code>13px</code>), <code>font-weight: 400</code>.

   Rule engine: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: color_contrast_aaa7