Contrast and accessibility

[downey (Michael Downey)]

One such topic here:

Accessibility: Improve contrast of text styling in default UI

As a user with less-than-perfect eyesight, I want to be able to read text and links on Discourse with a contrast ratio that allows me to differentiate types of text, so that I can better understand the purpose of that text. i.e., Discourse should support Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 to at least level AA. Level AA requires a contrast ratio of 4.5:1 for normal text, and 3:1 for large text. If it was desirable to reach to an even higher level of accessibility, level AAA require…