STUDENT LIFE | USW

SJAS | USW

At A Glance | USW

ACADEMICS | USW

ADMISSIONS | USW

CAREERS | USW

USW | Small Private University | Hobbs, NM

ABOUT | USW

CONSUMER INFORMATION | USW

Mission | USW

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

August 2025

July 2025

University of the Southwest

Title / URL	Issues
STUDENT LIFE \| USWwww.usw.edu/student-life	36
SJAS \| USWwww.usw.edu/academics/sjas	33
At A Glance \| USWwww.usw.edu/about/at-a-glance	32
ACADEMICS \| USWwww.usw.edu/academics	26
ADMISSIONS \| USWwww.usw.edu/admissions	24
CAREERS \| USWwww.usw.edu/careers	22
USW \| Small Private University \| Hobbs, NMwww.usw.edu/	22
ABOUT \| USWwww.usw.edu/about	20
CONSUMER INFORMATION \| USWwww.usw.edu/consumer-information	17
Mission \| USWwww.usw.edu/about/mission	17

Ensure text has sufficient contrast (AA)

University of the Southwest

Where this issue has occurred