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.