Accessible to everyone, and compliant everywhere you operate.
One in four adults in the United States lives with a disability. We build every website to WCAG 2.2 Level AA, the current international benchmark, which meets or exceeds the legal requirements in the United States, Canada and the European Union.
The guidelines we build to
Laws differ by country, province and state, but nearly all of them point to the same technical standard: the W3C’s Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Building to the newest version keeps you ahead of each one.
USUnited States
- ADA Title II
- State and local governments, public colleges and special districts must meet WCAG 2.1 AA. After the Department of Justice’s April 2026 extension, the deadlines are April 2027 for entities serving 50,000 or more people and April 2028 for smaller ones.
- ADA Title III
- Businesses open to the public. No technical standard is written into the rule, but courts and settlements consistently use WCAG 2.1 AA as the benchmark.
- Section 508
- Federal agencies and their contractors follow the Revised 508 Standards, which incorporate WCAG 2.0 AA.
- Section 504
- Organizations receiving federal funds, including healthcare providers, must provide accessible websites; the HHS rule adopts WCAG 2.1 AA.
- Colorado HB21-1110
- Colorado state agencies and local governments must meet the Office of Information Technology’s standards, based on WCAG 2.1 AA, and publish an accessibility statement.
CACanada
- Accessible Canada Act
- Federally regulated organizations use CAN/ASC-EN 301 549:2024, Canada’s national adoption of EN 301 549, which includes WCAG 2.1 AA.
- AODA (Ontario)
- Public websites of organizations with 50 or more employees, and all public sector organizations, must meet WCAG 2.0 AA.
- Standard on Web Accessibility
- Government of Canada websites follow the Treasury Board standard aligned with WCAG and EN 301 549.
- Provincial laws
- Manitoba, Nova Scotia, British Columbia and others are adding web requirements, generally aligned with WCAG 2.0 or 2.1 AA. Quebec’s public bodies follow the SGQRI 008 standards.
EUEuropean Union
- European Accessibility Act
- Directive (EU) 2019/882 has applied since June 28, 2025 to e-commerce, banking, transport and other consumer services offered in the EU, including by companies based outside it.
- Web Accessibility Directive
- Directive (EU) 2016/2102 covers public sector websites and apps across member states.
- EN 301 549
- The harmonised standard behind both directives. Version 3.2.1 incorporates WCAG 2.1 AA; version 4.1.1, published in 2026, moves to WCAG 2.2 AA.
This summary is for orientation, not legal advice. We’ll help you identify which rules apply to your organization and document how your website meets them.
Accessibility is designed in from the first sketch.
Retrofitting accessibility is expensive. Building it in costs almost nothing, so every project starts with it.
See it in practice: Hilltop Latimer House- Semantic structureReal headings, landmarks, lists and tables that screen readers can navigate.
- Keyboard and focusEverything works without a mouse, with a visible focus indicator at every step.
- Color and contrastText and controls meet AA contrast ratios, and color is never the only signal.
- Forms people can finishLabels, instructions and error messages that explain exactly how to fix a problem.
- Media alternativesAlt text, captions and transcripts, with motion that respects reduced-motion settings.
- Tested by peopleAutomated scans plus manual testing with NVDA, JAWS, VoiceOver and TalkBack.
- Accessible editingYour editors are guided to keep new content accessible after launch.
Worried your current site falls short?
We’ll review it against WCAG 2.2 AA and give you a plain-language list of what to fix, in priority order. No obligation.