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Comment LC-2893: Comment Shortname:; Commenter: Makoto Ueki <makoto.ueki@gmail.com>; Message-id:; Section of the document concerned:

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If a color of link text is changed when a mouse cursor is hovering over a link (by using CSS, a:hover), does the changed color also need to have a sufficient contrast ratio to meet SC 1.4.3 and/or 1.4.6?

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I just want to make sure thatã€€the changed color of link text is also required to have a sufficient contrast (or not).; Related issues: (space separated ids); WG Notes: Received comments from Gregg V and Loretta on this one... GV: I would say that it would not be a failure for either a mouse or a keyboard focus. Here is the rationale. the purpose of high contrast is to allow it to be read. This is true for both the mouse and keyboard because the person can simply read it before focusing on it. They then focus on it and then activate it. It WOULD be nice if they could confirm it when selected -- but even with lower contrast they can probably still read it once they already know what it says. But either way, they can move off of it and read it - then move on to it and select it. The alternative would be to require that it have enough contrast either way-- but then there might not be much difference between selected and not selected -- which would be more confusing and unusable for the person with low vision. So I would say it was OK and in fact might be a better design than if it "selected" and "non-selected" both met the contrast rules. And I don't think it would technically fail the SC either.; Resolution: Thank you for your comment. The opinion of the working group is that the color-contrast ratio of the link text when focused or hovered does not need to meet 1.4.3/1.4.6. The goal of the color contrast success criteria is to ensure that content can be read by users, so as long as the links are sufficient contrast when not focused/hovered then they will meet 1.4.3/1.4.6. It is definitely preferred that focused/hovered link text also meet the contrast ratios as this enables users to re-read and verify the target of the link, but this represents more of a usability issue as the user can easily read the link text by removing focus or moving their pointer off the link.; (Please make sure the resolution is adapted for public consumption)