Kilotest: Diagnoses of link indication poor
violation by HTML element 264 on Freedom House contact page
Basics
About the page
- URL: https://freedomhouse.org/about-us/contact-us
- Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 21:20 by job
261007T2113-3d2 - Summary of results:
- Rule engines:
- Called: 12
- Were able to test: 12
- Reported any rule violations: 11
- Violations: 517
- Violators: 165
- Issues: 44
- Rule engines:
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About the issue
- Why it matters: User cannot differentiate a link from plain text
- Priority: low
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.3
- Reported by 4 rule engines (Axe + Pour + SureA11y + Testaro)
- Violations: 34
- Violators: 16
About the violator
- Tag name:
A - Text:
recruiting@freedomhouse.org
- Start tag:
<a href="http://recruiting@freedomhouse.org/"> - XPath:
/html/body /div[2] /div[1] /div[2] /div[1] /div[3] /div[1] /div[1] /div[1] /p[3] /a[1] - Bounding box: x = 1055, y = 818, width = 238, height = 20
- Reported by Axe + Pour + SureA11y + Testaro
Diagnoses
Here is how rule engines diagnose the link indication poor
issue for HTML element 264 of the Freedom House contact page.
- Links must be distinguishable without relying on color; The link has insufficient color contrast of 1.57:1 with the surrounding text. (Minimum contrast is 3:1, link text: #385e8a, surrounding text: #36404c); The link has no styling (such as underline) to distinguish it from the surrounding text
Rule engine: Axe (Deque)
Rule:
link-in-text-block - Links inside text must be distinguishable by more than colour
Rule engine: Pour (David Yarham and Geoffrey Crofte)
Rule:
link-in-text-block - This link in a block of text relies on color alone to be distinguished from the surrounding text.
Rule engine: SureA11y (Jorge Rumoroso)
Rule:
link-in-text-block - Element has adjacent text but is not underlined
Rule engine: Testaro (CVS Health)
Rule:
linkUl