CMU Visit - Carnegie Mellon University

Student Admission | Carnegie Mellon University

Global Locations | Carnegie Mellon University

Campus Life | Carnegie Mellon University

Academics | Carnegie Mellon University

Leadership | Carnegie Mellon University

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Traditions | Carnegie Mellon University

Student Resources | Carnegie Mellon University

About Carnegie Mellon | Carnegie Mellon University

To comply with WCAG AA, the colour of text must sufficiently contrast with
its background color, so that people with moderate visual impairments can read it.

The [contrast ratio](https://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/visual-audio-contrast-contrast.html#contrast-ratiodef) 
must be at least 4.5:1 for body text, and 3:1 for large text.

A much more demanding version of this check (1.4.6) exists for WCAG AAA. Ignoring an issue in this check 
will also ignore it in that check, and vice versa.

aa-text-contrast

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November 2025

Title / URL	Issues
CMU Visit - Carnegie Mellon Universitywww.cmu.edu/visit/	9
Student Admission \| Carnegie Mellon Universitywww.cmu.edu/student-admission	9
Global Locations \| Carnegie Mellon Universitywww.cmu.edu/global	8
Campus Life \| Carnegie Mellon Universitywww.cmu.edu/campus-life	6
Academics \| Carnegie Mellon Universitywww.cmu.edu/academics	6
Leadership \| Carnegie Mellon Universitywww.cmu.edu/leadership	5
Carnegie Mellon Universitywww.cmu.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	5
Traditions \| Carnegie Mellon Universitywww.cmu.edu/about/traditions	4
Student Resources \| Carnegie Mellon Universitywww.cmu.edu/current-students	4
About Carnegie Mellon \| Carnegie Mellon Universitywww.cmu.edu/about	4

Ensure text has sufficient contrast (AA)

Carnegie Mellon University

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