Kilotest: Diagnoses of text contrast improvable violation by HTML element 425 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: MAY 27, 2026 … As Canada and several U.S. states try to ban bitcoin ATMs, the major crypto players that keep them running have avoided scrutiny. Also, Bitcoin Depot, formerly the largest operator of these ATMs, filed for bankruptcy last week; an alleged crypto schemer featured in The Coin Laundry has been extradited to the U.S.; and more.
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[10]/div[1]/div[2]
Bounding box: x = 689, y = 4310, width = 474, height = 259
Reported by Alfa + ASLint

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the text contrast improvable issue for HTML element 425 of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists newsletter subscribe page.

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
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