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Free website accessibility checker and compliance test
Enter your website address. This website standards checker tests the page against WCAG 2.1 AA, the standard referenced by EN 301 549 and by the national laws transposing the European Accessibility Act, and shows you a score, the most serious finding and the applicable provision. No signup and no card.
Website accessibility test
We test the one page you enter. The result appears right here.
The scan can take up to a minute. Please stay on the page.
Test result
Score
0/100
Grade
F
Issue types found
- 0Critical
- 0Serious
- 0Moderate
- 0Minor
The full result lists every issue found and stays available at its own address, which you can share with colleagues.
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What the test checks
The test runs axe-core against the page you enter and evaluates nearly 100 accessibility rules: WCAG 2.1 AA plus checks from WCAG 2.2 and best-practice rules. We map what it finds straight onto EN 301 549 and the national law that applies to you.
Colour contrast
Text and controls whose contrast against the background is too low.
Keyboard operation and ARIA
Elements you cannot reach with a keyboard, plus wrong or redundant ARIA attributes.
Mapping to the law
For the most serious finding we show the specific provision and WCAG criterion, not just a technical description.
Website compliance checker and website standards checker: what this one measures
A website compliance checker and a website standards checker are usually the same thing under two names: a tool that measures a page against a published standard. Here is exactly which standards this one measures against, and which part of the work an automated check can and cannot do.
WCAG 2.1 Level AA
The success criteria the test measures against, and the ones our findings cite. Level AA is the tier European accessibility law points at, so it is the practical bar for a website.
EN 301 549
The European harmonised standard for ICT accessibility. Its web chapters incorporate WCAG 2.1 A and AA, which is why a WCAG 2.1 AA checker is also a standards checker for the web part of EN 301 549.
The EAA and its national laws
The European Accessibility Act applies through each country's own act: the BFSG in Germany, Act No. 424/2023 Coll. in Czechia, the Act of 26 April 2024 in Poland. We cite the one that applies to you, not a generic reference.
What a compliance checker cannot do
It reports rule failures; it does not decide whether you comply. Automated rules reach roughly 30–40% of WCAG criteria. The rest needs human judgement, which is what a manual audit is for.
What the test does not check
This is an automated test, and automated tests have hard limits. We name them up front, because a report that hides them will not help you when someone asks.
- Automated tools detect roughly 30–40% of WCAG criteria. The rest needs human judgement.
- We do not check whether alt text actually describes the image. We check that it is there.
- The free test evaluates the one page you enter, not the whole site.
- Zero findings is not conformance with the law. It means the automated test found nothing.
Why this matters now
The European Accessibility Act has applied since 28 June 2025, through each country's own national law. According to WebAIM Million 2026, 95.9% of home pages tested fail WCAG 2.1 AA, so the starting point is almost always a failing one. The practical question is therefore not whether you have findings, but what you can show when someone asks.
Common questions
Is the test really free?
Yes. You run it without a signup and without a card. You pay only for the full report with fix guidance and for ongoing monitoring.
Is an automated test enough to show compliance?
No. Automated tools detect roughly 30–40% of WCAG criteria. A full assessment requires a manual audit that works through the remaining criteria with human judgement.
Which standards does this website standards checker test against?
WCAG 2.1 Level AA, which EN 301 549 incorporates for web content, plus the national law transposing the European Accessibility Act in your country. Each finding cites the specific criterion and the matching provision.
Is this a website compliance checker?
It is an automated compliance check: it tests the page against WCAG 2.1 AA and names the provision each finding maps to. It does not decide whether you comply. That conclusion needs a manual audit on top of the automated result.
Does a clean result mean my website is compliant?
No. A clean result means the automated rules found nothing on the page you entered. Automated tools reach roughly 30–40% of WCAG criteria, so compliance still turns on the criteria only a person can judge.
Can anyone else see the result?
We store the result at an unguessable address known only to you and to whoever you send it to. We do not publish it anywhere.
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