If you implement a theme switcher, and it's not the default,
and users can easily switch between themes -- then you can implement a low-contrast theme which doesn't have to meet WCAG contrast requirements, because the default theme constitutes a conforming alternate version.
So the default must conform with 1.4.3 and 1.4.11, but alternate themes don't have to.
(The switcher control itself must always conform, in all themes, to be an accessible mechanism.)
Ximaar (npub1uhk…t6j8) Christian Lawson-Perfect (npub197g…q2n4)
James Edwards
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2024-12-18 13:52:15 UTC
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