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That's a tough one, I definitely get what you are going for.
I think there are generally ways to make the call to action more noticeable without reducing contrast such as: Making the main CTA background the primary color with light text and the secondary action a light/white background with a "lighter" text that still passes the standard. That'd make the main action pop out as the thing to do.
True, and for simple text (In this case it was in a nav bar that used the same background throughout) I could just make use of a strike through.
I often forget that just because something looks ok to my eyes, doesn't mean it clears accessibility. It's something I do want to keep in mind going forward so now it's been brought to my attention I will be adjusting any live, old projects, to play nice with contrast values.
That's a tough one, I definitely get what you are going for.
I think there are generally ways to make the call to action more noticeable without reducing contrast such as: Making the main CTA background the primary color with light text and the secondary action a light/white background with a "lighter" text that still passes the standard. That'd make the main action pop out as the thing to do.
True, and for simple text (In this case it was in a nav bar that used the same background throughout) I could just make use of a strike through.
I often forget that just because something looks ok to my eyes, doesn't mean it clears accessibility. It's something I do want to keep in mind going forward so now it's been brought to my attention I will be adjusting any live, old projects, to play nice with contrast values.
I found this - webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/
which will make finding a passing combination going forward easy :)