Kilotest: Diagnoses of text contrast improvable violation by HTML element 353 on Portland City Club page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://www.pdxcityclub.org/
• Tested 0 days ago on 2026-10-10 at 05:30 by job 261010T0528-evq
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 12
  • Violations: 718
  • Violators: 203
  • Issues: 53
• Download the full technical report (JSON)

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: 140
• Violators: 38

About the violator

• Tag name: P
• Text: In-depth educational articles, event recaps, and updates on what City Club members are working on. Click here to explore the blog.
• Start tag: <p class="sow-sub-headline">
• XPath: [not obtained]
• Bounding box: x = 0, y = 1702, width = 1920, height = 22
• Reported by Alfa + ASLint

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Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the text contrast improvable issue for HTML element 353 of the Portland City Club page.

1. The highest possible contrast of the text is 2.22:1 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: 2.22:1, <code>background-color: #28ace2</code>, <code>foreground-color: #ededed</code>, <code>font-size: 12pt</code> (original: <code>16px</code>), <code>font-weight: 400</code>.

   Rule engine: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: color_contrast_aaa7