Kilotest: Diagnoses of text contrast improvable violation by HTML element 369 on International Consortium of Investigative Journalists newsletter subscribe page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://www.icij.org/newsletter/
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 21:54 by job 261007T2132-muf
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 11
    • Reported any rule violations: 11
  • Violations: 1641
  • Violators: 406
  • Issues: 53
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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 7 rule engines (Alfa + ASLint + Axe + HTML CodeSniffer + Pour + QualWeb + SureA11y)
• Violations: 212
• Violators: 77

About the violator

• Tag name: DIV
• Text: AUG 05, 2026 … Women across four continents told ICIJ how matches on a Russian billionaire’s dating sites turned out to be confected personas rather than genuine romantic prospects, leaving them heartbroken and financially ruined. Plus, an ICIJ analysis reveals the U.N. paid around $10 million last year to companies formerly linked to the Assad regime. And experts told our reporters how crypto exchange HTX is deploying techniques to soften the blow of sanctions against them aimed at weakening Russia’s war effort.
• Start tag: <div class="col-12 col-md-7 ">
• XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[3]/div[1]/article[5]/div[1]/div[2]
• Bounding box: x = 689, y = 2622, width = 474, height = 333
• Reported by Alfa + ASLint

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the text contrast improvable issue for HTML element 369 of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists newsletter subscribe page.

1. The highest possible contrast of the text is 5.74:1 which is below the required contrast of 7:1

   Rule engine: Alfa (Siteimprove)

   Rule: r66

2. Expected color contrast ratio for small font size at least 7:1, but got ratio: 5.74:1, <code>background-color: #ffffff</code>, <code>foreground-color: #666666</code>, <code>font-size: 9pt</code> (original: <code>12px</code>), <code>font-weight: 400</code>.

   Rule engine: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: color_contrast_aaa7