Free WCAG Audit Tool
Scan your website against WCAG 2.1 and 2.2 success criteria. Get scores across Perceivable, Operable, Understandable, and Robust principles.
What Is a WCAG Audit?
A WCAG audit evaluates a website against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) published by the W3C. These guidelines define how to make web content more accessible to people with disabilities, including visual, auditory, physical, speech, cognitive, and neurological disabilities.
WCAG 2.1 vs WCAG 2.2
WCAG 2.1 (published June 2018) added 17 new success criteria to WCAG 2.0, focusing on mobile accessibility, people with low vision, and people with cognitive disabilities. WCAG 2.2 (published October 2023) added 9 additional criteria including focus appearance, dragging movements, and accessible authentication.
What FixMyWeb Checks
Our automated WCAG audit checks for:
- Non-text content (1.1.1) — Images without alt text
- Info and relationships (1.3.1) — Heading hierarchy, table headers
- Contrast (1.4.3) — Text-to-background color contrast ratios
- Keyboard (2.1.1) — Interactive elements accessible via keyboard
- Bypass blocks (2.4.1) — Skip navigation links
- Page titled (2.4.2) — Descriptive page titles
- Link purpose (2.4.4) — Descriptive link text
- Language (3.1.1) — HTML lang attribute
- Labels (3.3.2) — Form input labels
- Name, Role, Value (4.1.2) — ARIA roles and button labels
Legal Requirements
WCAG compliance is required by multiple laws worldwide. The European Accessibility Act (EAA) became enforceable in June 2025 across all EU member states. In the US, ADA Title II requires government websites to meet WCAG 2.1 AA by April 2026. Many countries including Canada, Australia, and the UK have similar requirements.