What Should Be on a Webflow Accessibility Checklist?
A Webflow accessibility checklist for WCAG 2.2 AA covers the items that matter most on real Webflow builds: semantic structure, color contrast, keyboard operability, visible focus, form labels, alt text on CMS images, and motion control. Work through each group before you publish. None of it is automatic in Webflow, so treat this as both a build guide and a pre-launch review.
Use the groups below as you build, and again before launch. For anything that fails, fix it at the source rather than masking it.
Structure and Semantics
Confirm the page is built from correct elements, not stacked divs. Check for landmark tags (header, nav, main, footer), a single H1 per page, a logical heading order, lists marked up as real lists, and descriptive link text rather than 'click here' or 'read more'.
Color and Contrast
Confirm text and interface colors meet the AA ratios. Body text at least 4.5:1, large text and meaningful icons and controls at least 3:1, and no information carried by color alone.
Keyboard and Focus
Confirm the whole site works without a mouse. Every control reachable and operable by keyboard, a visible focus indicator on each, tab order that matches the visual order, and no focus traps in modals or menus.
Forms
Confirm forms are usable by everyone. Every input has a visible, associated label, required fields and formats are stated in text, and error messages are clear and tied to the field they describe.
Images and Media
Confirm nothing visual is lost to a screen reader user. Meaningful images have descriptive alt text, decorative images are marked so they are skipped, CMS image fields carry alt text, and video or audio has captions or a transcript.
Motion and Interactions
Confirm animation and custom components are safe and operable. Motion respects reduced-motion preferences, auto-playing or moving content can be paused, and sliders, tabs, and dropdowns expose correct roles and keyboard support.
A Checklist Is a Floor, Not Proof
Passing every item here is the baseline, not a guarantee. Real conformance is confirmed by a manual keyboard and screen reader pass, which finds the issues a checklist and an automated scanner miss. See what a full WCAG 2.2 audit covers.
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