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Accessibility Audit

Find accessibility problems before your users do

Automated WCAG 2.1 audits check colour contrast, ARIA attributes, keyboard navigation and semantic structure — and tell you which criterion each violation breaks.

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WCAG 2.1 AA
Colour Contrast
95
Form Labels
72
Touch Targets
88
Heading Hierarchy
100

Accessibility is a legal requirement, not a nice-to-have

Accessibility rules apply to public sector bodies across the EU and to a growing set of private companies under the European Accessibility Act. Most teams only discover their gaps during an audit — or after a complaint. Automated checks catch a large share of common violations long before either happens.

How it works

1

Enter your URL

Point QA Proof at any public page. Nothing to install.

2

Pick a conformance level

Test against WCAG 2.1 Level A, AA or AAA depending on what you need to meet.

3

Work through violations

Each finding names the element, the WCAG criterion it breaks, and how to fix it.

What the audit covers

Eight compliance categories

Contrast, ARIA, forms, keyboard access, semantics, media, structure and navigation are checked separately.

Colour contrast analysis

Every text and background pair is measured against the ratio required at your chosen level.

Form label and ARIA validation

Catches inputs without labels, misused roles and ARIA attributes that reference missing elements.

Keyboard navigation checks

Flags focus traps, elements unreachable by tab, and missing visible focus styles.

WCAG criterion references

Each violation cites the specific success criterion, so an auditor can follow your work.

A, AA or AAA levels

Choose the conformance level you are held to instead of testing against a fixed standard.

Who uses it

Public sector suppliers

Meet the accessibility obligations attached to public contracts, with reports you can hand over.

Product teams

Fold accessibility into the regular release check instead of an annual scramble.

Agencies

Show clients a documented compliance position on every site you deliver.

Common questions

WCAG 2.1, and you choose the level: A, AA or AAA. AA is what most legislation references, including the European Accessibility Act and public sector accessibility rules.
No automated tool can promise that, and you should be sceptical of any that does. Automated testing reliably catches a substantial share of common violations — contrast, labels, ARIA, structure — but criteria that need human judgement, like whether alt text is meaningful, still require manual review. Treat this as the first and largest pass, not the whole audit.
The element it applies to, the WCAG success criterion it breaks, the severity, and a concrete fix.
Around 18 seconds for a typical page.
Audits run per page. Use the API to loop over your key URLs and collect results in one place.

Audit your first page

Free plan, no credit card, WCAG 2.1 results in about 18 seconds.

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