Kilotest: Diagnoses of text contrast improvable violation by HTML element 1046 on Parking Reform Network Impact Report 2024 page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://parkingreform.org/about/impact-report-2024/
• Tested 2 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 22:11 by job 261007T2147-9qy
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 12
  • Violations: 1484
  • Violators: 483
  • Issues: 66
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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: 696
• Violators: 215

About the violator

• Tag name: LI
• Text: Expand our data and research products, including our map tools, state legislation database, fact sheets, and model policy recommendations. Build upon our status as the preeminent hub for parking reform and parking policy.
• Start tag: <li>
• XPath: [not obtained]
• Bounding box: x = 580, y = 17908, width = 805, height = 87
• Reported by Alfa + ASLint + Axe + HTML CodeSniffer + Pour + QualWeb

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Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the text contrast improvable issue for HTML element 1046 of the Parking Reform Network Impact Report 2024 page.

1. The highest possible contrast of the text is 5.99:1 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: 5.99:1, <code>background-color: #dcdcdc</code>, <code>foreground-color: #4b4f58</code>, <code>font-size: 13pt</code> (original: <code>17px</code>), <code>font-weight: 700</code>.

   Rule engine: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: color_contrast_aaa7

3. Elements must meet enhanced color contrast ratio thresholds; Element has insufficient color contrast of 5.98 (foreground color: #4b4f58, background color: #dcdcdc, font size: 12.8pt (17px), font weight: normal). Expected contrast ratio of 7:1

   Rule engine: Axe (Deque)

   Rule: color-contrast-enhanced

4. 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 5.99:1. Recommendation: change text colour to #41454e.

   Rule engine: HTML CodeSniffer (Squiz Labs)

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

5. Text must have enhanced contrast against its background (AAA)

   Rule engine: Pour (David Yarham and Geoffrey Crofte)

   Rule: color-contrast-enhanced

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

   Rule engine: QualWeb (University of Lisbon)

   Rule: QW-ACT-R76