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[A11y] - WCAG 2.1 - Guideline 1.4.3 List of Color Contrast Issues #770

@aliciajbrookshire

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@aliciajbrookshire

Describe the bug

Password requirement text on activate account page does not meet minimum contrast requirements

Expected behavior

1.4.3
Contrast (Minimum)
Level AA

The visual presentation of text and images of text has a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1, except for the following:

Large Text: Large-scale text and images of large-scale text have a contrast ratio of at least 3:1;

Incidental: Text or images of text that are part of an inactive user interface component, that are pure decoration, that are not visible to anyone, or that are part of a picture that contains significant other visual content, have no contrast requirement.

Logotypes: Text that is part of a logo or brand name has no contrast requirement.

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Go to https://boilerplate-client-react.shift3sandbox.com/
  2. Login as admin and create a new user with a valid email that you will be able to activate
  3. Go to email and open new user's activation link
  4. Assert: User is navigated to https://boilerplate-client-react.shift3sandbox.com/auth/activate-account page
  5. Use WAVE tool to identify color contrast issues
  6. Confirm password requirements text does not meet contrast ratio requirements

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Screenshot 2023-05-22 at 1 41 07 PM

Desktop (please complete the following information):

Asus Laptop
Windows 10
Chrome 113.0.5672.127

Additional context

https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/Understanding/contrast-minimum.html

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