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W3C WAI: Understanding SC 1.4.11 Non-text Contrast

Documents the requirement that meaningful non-text visual cues meet contrast expectations against adjacent colors.

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Data visualization Choose Data visualization when the user's primary task is seeing a pattern, relationship, trend, distribution, ranking, magnitude, or anomaly. Each visible mark is derived from the current dataset, filter scope, aggregation, and scale; visual marks and table values must agree. W3C WAI documents contrast expectations for meaningful non-text graphics.

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