Accessibility
The quick accessibility score
The static accessibility pass that runs with every domain scan and in the Check tab: what it judges from HTML alone, how it is scored, and what it cannot see.
Updated · 2 min read
Every domain scan, the Check tab, the App Clip and the public website assessment include an accessibility score. It is computed from the page's HTML without a browser, so it is fast, free and limited to what the markup shows.
What it checks
The subset of axe rules that can be judged statically:
- Images with missing or empty alternative text
- Form controls without labels
- Links and buttons without an accessible name
- The document language attribute
- Landmark structure and a sensible heading order
- Duplicate ids
- Colour contrast where the colours are set inline
- Empty headings and skipped heading levels
- Iframes without titles
Each finding names the rule, the WCAG criterion, the impact (critical, serious, moderate, minor) and the affected element.
The score
The same weighting as the SEO score: high-impact checks weigh 3, medium 2, low 1; a pass earns the full weight and a warning 0.4 of it. A page with no accessibility checks at all scores null and shows a dash.
Where
- Web and iOS: the Website module's accessibility row; Content & SEO and Accessibility in the Check tab, both of which run on the device even for a guest.
- API/MCP:
GET /api/score-accessibility?url=…(signed in); toolscore_page_accessibility, which works on any public URL.
What it cannot see
Anything that needs the page rendered: contrast from a stylesheet, keyboard focus order and traps, dynamic content, ARIA that is applied by script, and anything hidden until interaction. For those, run the accessibility audit, which loads the page in a real browser.
Common questions
The quick score is 100 and the audit found 40 issues. Expected. The quick score only sees markup; the audit sees the rendered page with its stylesheet and scripts.
Is a good score legal compliance? No. Neither score establishes conformance. They are evidence for the work.
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