Accessibility
Can people with different accessibility needs use your pages? We check observable criteria covering structure, contrast, keyboard use, labels, interactive components and use on different devices.
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Our plans cover the 9 pillars across the pages of your whole site.
What we check
- Text contrast, measured on the page as it is actually rendered: consent banner included, fades finished, and in dark theme where the site offers one.
- Text alternatives for images: those carrying information must convey it, those that decorate must stay invisible.
- The names the browser computes for your links and buttons. The common fault is not a missing name, it is twelve “Read more” links leading to twelve different places.
- Form field labels, heading hierarchy and navigation landmarks. A label that disappears as soon as you type in the field is announced by nothing.
- Keyboard use, exercised rather than assumed: a menu that only opens on hover, a button the Enter key does not activate, a panel the Escape key no longer closes.
- The visual marker showing where you are on the keyboard, measured by real presses of the tab key: an outline painted transparent is no more visible than an outline that is absent.
- Where the regulations call for one, the accessibility statement: an obligation distinct from the quality of the site, which a faultless site can still miss.
What we find on the sites we audit
Across about 30 websites we audited between August 14, 2026 and September 24, 2026:
- 25% have a critical accessibility barrier on almost every page
Each percentage covers the sites where the point could be checked. Many were audited because a defect showed up quickly, so these figures describe our audits, not websites in general.
See also: User experience & reliability, a real online store report.
On what basis
WCAG 2.2 AA · RGAA · EU Directive 2019/882
A finding is only worth something if it rests on an identifiable basis. Where one exists, we rely on a law, a standard or a specification, and for every point recorded the report names the page and gives the value we measured.
What it changes for you
Depending on your activity, status and the rules that apply to you, your site may be subject to accessibility obligations. The audit checks what can be observed from outside; it does not determine the legal regime that applies to your organization.
Beyond the obligation, a site that cannot be used with a keyboard is also unusable for many visitors who will never call themselves disabled: a busy hand, a screen too small, an unreliable mouse.
What this audit does not say
No examination covers a whole standard. What stays outside: media transcripts, information carried by color alone, the order in which the page reads, and the experience of a screen-reader user.
We exercise on the keyboard what can be exercised, and we name what was not. The report therefore never issues RGAA or WCAG conformance, and it is not legal advice: it establishes faults, each with its measurement, and writes down what remains to be checked another way.
Every limit of the examination is stated in the methodology note of your report. A point that cannot be verified is never presented as compliant.
The weight of this pillar
An overall score has to weigh what matters for your business: the 9 pillars do not carry the same weight depending on what your site is for. Here is what “accessibility” represents in the overall score, under each weighting. The report always states which one produced your score.
| Type of site | Share of the overall score |
|---|---|
| Type not determined | 12% |
| Business / brochure site | 10% |
| E-commerce site | 13% |
| Application / customer portal | 11% |
| Blog / media site | 10% |
| Public-sector site | 24% |
This pillar is examined alongside the other eight in every plan, whatever the number of pages. See pricing →
Guides for this pillar
RGAA: France's accessibility standard
The RGAA is France's official method for checking web accessibility. Who must apply it, how it maps to WCAG, and what a conformance audit involves.
Read the guide →WCAG 2.2 checklist: what blocks a visitor
WCAG 2.2 is the current W3C accessibility standard. Levels A and AA, the criteria that stop visitors, and what a checklist cannot tell you about your site.
Read the guide →Accessibility statement: who needs one
An accessibility statement says how far a website meets the accessibility standard. Who must publish one in Europe, what it contains, and what we check.
Read the guide →European Accessibility Act: who it covers
Since June 28, 2025, the EAA applies to websites that sell to consumers in the EU. Who is covered, which small businesses are exempt, and what to publish.
Read the guide →