Accessibility issue: insufficient contrast for text links

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Results for URL: https://html5boilerplate.com/

 • Error: This element has insufficient contrast at this conformance level. Expected a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1, but text in this element has a contrast ratio of 3.89:1. Recommendation:  change text colour to #005c8a.
   ├── WCAG2AA.Principle1.Guideline1_4.1_4_3.G18.Fail
   ├── html > body > section > div > ul > li:nth-child(1) > a
   └── <a href="https://github.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate/issues"> <img src="github.s...</a>

 • Error: This element has insufficient contrast at this conformance level. Expected a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1, but text in this element has a contrast ratio of 3.89:1. Recommendation:  change text colour to #005c8a.
   ├── WCAG2AA.Principle1.Guideline1_4.1_4_3.G18.Fail
   ├── html > body > section > div > ul > li:nth-child(2) > a
   └── <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/html5boilerplate"> <img src="stack-ov...</a>