♿ Improved transactional email footer text contrast

[jatinder14]

Summary

• Transactional emails still used footer/link color `#738A94` (~3.6:1 on white).
• Updated templates and snapshots to `#5B6B73` to meet WCAG 1.4.3, matching ♿ Improved newsletter email footer text contrast #29670.

Test plan

• Spot-check magic-link / invite / password-reset HTML footers for `#5B6B73`
• Confirm CI snapshot updates pass

Closes #29679
Related to #29666

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• ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/__snapshots__/members.test.js.snap is excluded by !**/*.snap
• ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/__snapshots__/newsletters.test.js.snap is excluded by !**/*.snap
• ghost/core/test/e2e-api/members/__snapshots__/send-magic-link.test.js.snap is excluded by !**/*.snap
• ghost/core/test/legacy/api/admin/__snapshots__/authentication.test.js.snap is excluded by !**/*.snap
• ghost/core/test/unit/server/services/settings/__snapshots__/settings-bread-service.test.js.snap is excluded by !**/*.snap

📒 Files selected for processing (24)

• ghost/core/core/server/data/importer/email-template.ts
• ghost/core/core/server/services/auth/session/emails/signin.js
• ghost/core/core/server/services/comments/email-templates/new-comment-reply.hbs
• ghost/core/core/server/services/comments/email-templates/new-comment.hbs
• ghost/core/core/server/services/comments/email-templates/report.hbs
• ghost/core/core/server/services/gifts/email-templates/gift-purchase-confirmation.hbs
• ghost/core/core/server/services/gifts/email-templates/gift-reminder.hbs
• ghost/core/core/server/services/mail/templates/invite-user-by-api-key.html
• ghost/core/core/server/services/mail/templates/invite-user.html
• ghost/core/core/server/services/mail/templates/notification.html
• ghost/core/core/server/services/mail/templates/reset-password.html
• ghost/core/core/server/services/mail/templates/welcome.html
• ghost/core/core/server/services/members/emails/signin.js
• ghost/core/core/server/services/members/emails/signup-paid.js
• ghost/core/core/server/services/members/emails/signup.js
• ghost/core/core/server/services/members/emails/subscribe.js
• ghost/core/core/server/services/members/emails/update-email.js
• ghost/core/core/server/services/members/import-export/import/email-template.js
• ghost/core/core/server/services/newsletters/emails/verify-email.js
• ghost/core/core/server/services/settings/emails/verify-email.js
• ghost/core/core/server/services/staff/email-templates/new-milestone-received.hbs
• ghost/core/test/unit/server/services/comments/comments-service-emails-renderer.test.js
• ghost/core/test/unit/server/services/lib/email-content-generator.test.js
• ghost/core/test/unit/server/services/lib/fixtures/templates/welcome.html

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Walkthrough

Transactional email templates replace footer and link color #738A94 with #5B6B73. Several templates also add class="small" or adjust inline verification-email styles. Notification blockquote styling is updated, and unit-test expectations plus a welcome-email fixture reflect the new rendered color.

Possibly related PRs

• TryGhost/Ghost#29670: Updates newsletter and footer styling to use #5B6B73.

Suggested labels: ok to merge for me

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 2 | ❌ 2

❌ Failed checks (1 warning, 1 inconclusive)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Out of Scope Changes check	⚠️ Warning	The PR also changes non-footer styling, including a blockquote border and URL typography, which are outside the requested footer color swap.	Split unrelated styling tweaks into a separate PR or remove them if they weren't intended.
Linked Issues check	❓ Inconclusive	Template updates match the issue, but matching .snap files were excluded, so snapshot compliance can't be verified.	Provide the excluded snapshot diffs or include the .snap files in review so the snapshot requirement can be verified.

✅ Passed checks (2 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	Clearly describes the main change: improving transactional email footer contrast.
Description check	✅ Passed	Directly related to the color and snapshot updates described in the PR.

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