Links are visually differentiated from the rest of the content.

Content indicated as a link must have formatting that does not require interaction (a color change or underline on hover is not enough).

Objectives

• Allow links to be easily identified throughout the text.
• Improve the visibility and affordance of links.
• Improve the accessibility of content to people with disabilities

Implementation

• Hyperlinks can be differentiated using the CSS properties of text color, background color, underline, bold, borders, font, etc.

Control

• In each content file:
  • Identify the links present throughout the text;
  • Check that these links are visually different from the rest of the text in which they are placed.
  • Check that links differentiated by color have a minimum contrast ratio of 3 with the surrounding text and that they are identifiable when hovering over or taking keyboard focus.

Validation

• Needs to be human verified.