Kilotest: Diagnoses of link indication poor
violation by HTML element 837 on National Coalition Against Censorship page
Basics
About the page
- URL: https://ncac.org/
- Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 21:59 by job
261007T2138-qpt - Summary of results:
- Rule engines:
- Called: 12
- Were able to test: 12
- Reported any rule violations: 11
- Violations: 619
- Violators: 284
- Issues: 49
- 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 3 rule engines (Axe + SureA11y + Testaro)
- Violations: 8
- Violators: 4
About the violator
- Tag name:
A - Text:
(212) 807-6222
- Start tag:
<a href="tel:1-212-807-6222"> - XPath:
/html/body /div[2] /div[1] /div[3] /footer[2] /div[1] /div[1] /div[1] /div[1] /a[1] - Bounding box: x = 929, y = 2638, width = 75, height = 14
- Reported by Axe + SureA11y + Testaro
Diagnoses
Here is how rule engines diagnose the link indication poor
issue for HTML element 837 of the National Coalition Against Censorship page.
- Links must be distinguishable without relying on color; The link has insufficient color contrast of 1.98:1 with the surrounding text. (Minimum contrast is 3:1, link text: #c4c4c4, surrounding text: #8c8989); The link has no styling (such as underline) to distinguish it from the surrounding text
Rule engine: Axe (Deque)
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