- Text & Contrast – Check that text has a strong contrast against the page background
- Text Styles – Use more than color to denote differences, emphasis and content meaning
- Heading Styles – Use descriptive heading styles to designate content organization
- List Styles – Use bulleted or numbered list styles to denote list structure
- Alternative Text – Provide alternative text for images, graphs and charts that is in context with the information on the page and relevant to the user
- Multiple Avenues for Multimedia – Supply multiple avenues for multimedia content (e.g., audio with a transcript or video with captioning)
- Added Context – Use descriptive titles, headers, and link text to provide added context. Do not rely solely on references to shape, size, or position to describe content
- Tables – Format and use simple tables with column and row headers
More helpful links:
https://www.w3.org/WAI/
https://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/
https://www.w3.org/WAI/fundamentals/accessibility-intro/
https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/inbound-marketing-website-failing-basic-accessibility-tests
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