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Update non-text contrast for caret styling #4524

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initial commit of input with light-blue caret
fstrr Aug 8, 2025
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update to add custom caret failure example
fstrr Aug 8, 2025
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tweak wording
fstrr Aug 8, 2025
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add text label to image
fstrr Aug 8, 2025
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10 changes: 8 additions & 2 deletions understanding/21/non-text-contrast.html
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<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Understanding Non-text Contrast</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../css/editors.css" class="remove">
</head>
<body>
<h1>Understanding Non-text Contrast</h1>
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</tr>
<tr>
<th>Text input focus style</th>
<td>A focus indicator is required. While in this case the additional gray (<code>#CCC</code>) outline has an insufficient contrast of 1.6:1 against the white (<code>#FFF</code>) background, the cursor/caret which is displayed when the input receives focus <em>does</em> provide a sufficiently strong visual indication.</td>
<td>A focus indicator is required. While in this case the additional gray (<code>#CCC</code>) outline has an insufficient contrast of 1.6:1 against the white (<code>#FFF</code>) background, the user-agent's default cursor/caret which is displayed when the input receives focus <em>does</em> provide a sufficiently strong visual indication.</td>
<td>
<img src="img/text-input-focus.png" alt="A label with a text input with a faint gray outline and a visible cursor/caret.">
</td>
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<img src="img/checkbox-example5.png" alt="Unchecked checkbox with a thick gray additional outline as focus indication." width="150">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Text input - subtle border and customized caret</th>
<td>The text input's border color (<code>#CCC</code>) has contrast lower than 3:1 against its adjacent white background. Additionally, the caret / cursor has been given a customized light-blue color (<code>#00C7FD</code>) which has a contrast lower than 3:1 against the interior white background color of the input.</td>
<td>
<img src="img/contrast-text-input-custom-caret.png" alt="A text input with a light border and a light blue caret." width="375">
</td>
</tr>
</table>

</section>
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