US Voices | The Independent

World | The Independent

Health | The Independent

First time visit: View without clicking anything

The Independent View | The Independent

Americas | The Independent

Science | The Independent

The Independent | Latest news and features from US, UK and worldwide

Money | The Independent

Football︱The Independent

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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Title / URL	Issues
US Voices \| The Independentwww.independent.co.uk/us/voices	19
World \| The Independentwww.independent.co.uk/news/world	8
Health \| The Independentwww.independent.co.uk/news/health	8
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.independent.co.uk/us	7
The Independent View \| The Independentwww.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials	7
Americas \| The Independentwww.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas	7
Science \| The Independentwww.independent.co.uk/news/science	7
The Independent \| Latest news and features from US, UK and worldwidewww.independent.co.uk/us	7
Money \| The Independentwww.independent.co.uk/money	4
Football︱The Independentwww.independent.co.uk/sport/football	4

Ensure text has sufficient contrast (AA)

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Where this issue has occurred