Issue Summary

Color alone is used to distinguish link when inserted inside a paragraph of text.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Navigate to any Confluence page which has links within paragraph.
2. Observe that color alone is used to distinguish the link from rest of Paragraph text.
3. Also there is no other visual indication for link & color contrast between link text & adjacent text fails minimum requirements.

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Actual Results

In Confluence, when link are used within a paragraph of text, only color is used to distinguish them from rest of the paragraph text. There is no other visual indication for links. Also the color contrast between link text & adjacent text fails minimum requirements.

Link color: #0052CC
Text color: #172B4D
Ratio: 2.1:1

This makes it difficult for users with low vision & color deficiencies to distinguish the links from within the paragraph of text.

Expected Results

Users should be able to easily identify the links within the block of text.

To make it easy for all users to recognize links the best practice is to persistently underline them or provide any other visual cue such as formatting the text as bold or italic. If the above solution is not feasible, change the color of links so that they have a contrast ratio of at least 3:1 with the surrounding text. Moreover, it is best practice to ensure that the underline appears not only when the mouse is hovered over the links but also when the links receive the keyboard focus.

Refer this :- https://atlassian.design/components/link/examples

Workaround

Currently there is no known workaround for this behavior. A workaround will be added here when available

Environment

MacBook Pro (16 inch, 2021)
macOs Sonoma 14.7.1 (23H222)
Chrome - Version 131.0.6778.265 (Official Build) (arm64)
Firefox- Version 112.0. 1
Safari- Version 18.2
JAWS- Version 2024
NVDA- Version 2024