HomeCheckpoint 5.11 - Mobile-PDA
Purple or blue has not been used as text colours (with the exception of the default link display)
WCAG 1.0 Priority 2
WCAG Guideline 13. Provide clear navigation mechanisms.
Default link colour, which is determined by the default stylesheet used by the mobile device, is blue or purple. This is reasonably consistent on mobile phones. Any text that is used that has this same colour could be confused with a link.
Requirement
Purple or blue has not been used as text colours (with the exception of the default link display)
Recommendation
Ensure there is sufficient colour contrast between the text colour and the background of the page to ensure the text is easily visible.
Checking Tool
View the page in a mobile device and verify that non-hyperlink text does not look like a hyperlink as a result of the colour used.
Information Source
The original source of this information is located on the W3C web site (www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-TECHS/#tech-clear-nav-mechanism)
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