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Accessibility

· 13 checks — Landmarks, headings, alt text, forms, and link quality rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
41
GRADE
F
FIX
8
REVIEW
3
PASS
2
INFO
0
Checks
13
2 PASS 3 REVIEW 8 FIX
D
Landmark Structure
Action
No landmarks
FIX
No landmarks
Critical::
No <main> landmark found
Screen reader users cannot quickly navigate to the primary content. Wrap your main content in <main>.
Warning::
No <nav> landmark found
Info::
No banner (header) landmark
Info::
No contentinfo (footer) landmark
Warning::
Skip navigation link is missing (WCAG 2.4.1)
Add a skip link as the first focusable element so keyboard users can bypass repeated navigation.

No landmarks detected

Screen reader users have no way to navigate by region.

Screen reader users cannot quickly navigate to the primary content. Wrap your main content in <main>.

Why this matters

Without a <main> landmark, screen-reader users can't skip past the navigation to the page content — every page starts with re-reading the menu.

Learn more

The <main> element marks the page's primary content area. Assistive tech offers a 'jump to main' shortcut — but only if <main> exists. Without it, every page navigation forces re-reading the header. Wrap your primary content in a single <main>.

Source: WAI-ARIA / WCAG 2.4.1

Add a skip link as the first focusable element so keyboard users can bypass repeated navigation.

Why this matters

Without a skip-nav link, keyboard users tab through every nav item before reaching content — every page, every visit.

Learn more

WCAG 2.4.1 (Bypass Blocks) requires a mechanism to skip past repeated content. The standard implementation is a 'Skip to main content' link that's the first focusable element, visually hidden until focused. Three lines of HTML + four of CSS.

Source: WCAG 2.1 SC 2.4.1

F
404 Error Page
Action
HTTP 503, bare page
FIX
HTTP 503, bare page
Warning::
Unexpected status code: HTTP 503
Expected HTTP 404 but received 503. This may confuse search engine crawlers.
Got: HTTP 503
Warning::
Bare server default 404 page
The 404 page has no custom styling. Users hitting a broken link see a generic error with no way to navigate back. Add a custom 404 page with your site navigation and a search bar.
404 Page Quality Default 404 Page
Status Code HTTP 503 Custom Styling Navigation Homepage Link Search Form
F
Favicon & Branding
Action
No icons detected
FIX
No icons detected
Warning::
No favicon.ico at site root
Some older browsers, bookmark tools, and RSS readers look for /favicon.ico. Add one as a fallback.
Info::
No apple-touch-icon detected
iOS devices use this when users add your site to their home screen. Add <link rel='apple-touch-icon' sizes='180x180' href='/apple-touch-icon.png'>.
Critical::
No favicon or icon links detected
Your site will show the browser's generic page icon in tabs, bookmarks, and home screens.
favicon.ico Missing
PNG Icons Missing
Apple Touch Missing
SVG Favicon Missing
Manifest Icons Missing
Multiple Sizes Missing
D
Web Manifest
Action
Not found
FIX
Not found
Info::
No web manifest found
No manifest at standard paths (/manifest.json, /site.webmanifest). A manifest is optional but enables PWA features like home screen installation and standalone display.

No web manifest found.

D
Dark Mode Support
Action
No dark mode signals
FIX
No dark mode signals
Info::
No dark mode signals detected
Consider adding CSS with @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) and <meta name='color-scheme' content='light dark'>.
Info::
Detection limited to meta tags and inline styles
External CSS files may contain prefers-color-scheme rules not visible to this scan.
Dark ModeNo Dark Mode Detected
color-scheme meta Not set Dark theme-color Not set CSS indicators Not detected

Detection limited to meta tags and inline styles.

D
Print Stylesheet
Action
No print styles
FIX
No print styles
Info::
No print-specific styles detected
When users print this page, they get the screen layout including navigation and non-essential elements. Add @media print rules to hide navigation and optimize layout for paper.
Print Stylesheet No Print Styles
Print stylesheet Not found Inline @media print Not detected
F
Navigation UX
Action
No navigation patterns
FIX
No navigation patterns
Info::
No breadcrumbs, search, or skip link detected
These navigation aids help users orient themselves and find content efficiently, especially on large sites.
Breadcrumbs
Search
Skip Link
Labeled Navigation
Back to Top
Hamburger Menu
Sticky Navigation Cannot reliably detect (CSS-based)
0 of 6 testable patterns navigation patterns detected. Limited navigation support. Consider adding breadcrumbs, search, and skip link.
D
Lighthouse Accessibility Audits
Action
Score 66/100 — 5 failing, 8 passed
FIX
66

Accessibility

These checks highlight opportunities to improve the accessibility of your web app. Automatic detection can only detect a subset of issues and does not guarantee the accessibility of your web app, so manual testing is also encouraged.

Internationalization and localization

If a page doesn't specify a `lang` attribute, a screen reader assumes that the page is in the default language that the user chose when setting up the screen reader. If the page isn't actually in the default language, then the screen reader might not announce the page's text correctly. Learn more about the `lang` attribute.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
html html

These are opportunities to improve the interpretation of your content by users in different locales.

Names and labels

Link text (and alternate text for images, when used as links) that is discernible, unique, and focusable improves the navigation experience for screen reader users. Learn how to make links accessible.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
body > div.mobileonly > ul.nounderline > a body > div.mobileonly > ul.nounderline > a
div.mobileonly > ul.nounderline > li > a div.mobileonly > ul.nounderline > li > a

These are opportunities to improve the semantics of the controls in your application. This may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Tables and lists

Screen readers have a specific way of announcing lists. Ensuring proper list structure aids screen reader output. Learn more about proper list structure.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
Features When to use SQLite Getting Started Try it live! SQL Syntax Pragmas SQL… body > div.mobileonly > ul.nounderline

These are opportunities to improve the experience of reading tabular or list data using assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Best practices

Touch targets with sufficient size and spacing help users who may have difficulty targeting small controls to activate the targets. Learn more about touch targets.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
Features div.mobileonly > ul.nounderline > li > a
When to use SQLite div.mobileonly > ul.nounderline > li > a
Getting Started div.mobileonly > ul.nounderline > li > a
Try it live! div.mobileonly > ul.nounderline > li > a
SQL Syntax div.mobileonly > ul.nounderline > li > a
Pragmas li > ul > li > a
SQL functions li > ul > li > a
Date & time functions li > ul > li > a
Aggregate functions li > ul > li > a
Window functions li > ul > li > a
Math functions li > ul > li > a
JSON functions li > ul > li > a
C/C++ Interface Spec div.mobileonly > ul.nounderline > li > a
Introduction li > ul > li > a
List of C-language APIs li > ul > li > a
The TCL Interface Spec div.mobileonly > ul.nounderline > li > a
Quirks and Gotchas div.mobileonly > ul.nounderline > li > a
Frequently Asked Questions div.mobileonly > ul.nounderline > li > a
Commit History div.mobileonly > ul.nounderline > li > a
Prior Releases div.mobileonly > ul.nounderline > li > a
Bugs div.mobileonly > ul.nounderline > li > a
News div.mobileonly > ul.nounderline > li > a

One main landmark helps screen reader users navigate a web page. Learn more about landmarks.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
html html

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

Interactive controls are keyboard focusable
Interactive elements indicate their purpose and state
The page has a logical tab order
Visual order on the page follows DOM order
User focus is not accidentally trapped in a region
The user's focus is directed to new content added to the page
HTML5 landmark elements are used to improve navigation
Offscreen content is hidden from assistive technology
Custom controls have associated labels
Custom controls have ARIA roles
`[aria-hidden="true"]` is not present on the document `<body>`
Image elements have `[alt]` attributes
`[user-scalable="no"]` is not used in the `<meta name="viewport">` element and the `[maximum-scale]` attribute is not less than 5.
Background and foreground colors have a sufficient contrast ratio
Document has a `<title>` element
Links are distinguishable without relying on color.
List items (`<li>`) are contained within `<ul>`, `<ol>` or `<menu>` parent elements
Heading elements appear in a sequentially-descending order
`[accesskey]` values are unique
`[aria-*]` attributes match their roles
`button`, `link`, and `menuitem` elements have accessible names
ARIA attributes are used as specified for the element's role
Deprecated ARIA roles were not used
Elements with `role="dialog"` or `role="alertdialog"` have accessible names.
`[aria-hidden="true"]` elements do not contain focusable descendents
ARIA input fields have accessible names
ARIA `meter` elements have accessible names
ARIA `progressbar` elements have accessible names
Elements use only permitted ARIA attributes
`[role]`s have all required `[aria-*]` attributes
Elements with an ARIA `[role]` that require children to contain a specific `[role]` have all required children.
`[role]`s are contained by their required parent element
`[role]` values are valid
Elements with the `role=text` attribute do not have focusable descendents.
ARIA toggle fields have accessible names
ARIA `tooltip` elements have accessible names
ARIA `treeitem` elements have accessible names
`[aria-*]` attributes have valid values
`[aria-*]` attributes are valid and not misspelled
Buttons have an accessible name
The page contains a heading, skip link, or landmark region
`<dl>`'s contain only properly-ordered `<dt>` and `<dd>` groups, `<script>`, `<template>` or `<div>` elements.
Definition list items are wrapped in `<dl>` elements
ARIA IDs are unique
No form fields have multiple labels
`<frame>` or `<iframe>` elements have a title
`<html>` element has a valid value for its `[lang]` attribute
`<html>` element has an `[xml:lang]` attribute with the same base language as the `[lang]` attribute.
Input buttons have discernible text.
`<input type="image">` elements have `[alt]` text
Form elements have associated labels
The document does not use `<meta http-equiv="refresh">`
`<object>` elements have alternate text
Select elements have associated label elements.
Skip links are focusable.
No element has a `[tabindex]` value greater than 0
Cells in a `<table>` element that use the `[headers]` attribute refer to table cells within the same table.
`<th>` elements and elements with `[role="columnheader"/"rowheader"]` have data cells they describe.
`[lang]` attributes have a valid value
`<video>` elements contain a `<track>` element with `[kind="captions"]`
Tables have different content in the summary attribute and `<caption>`.
All heading elements contain content.
Uses ARIA roles only on compatible elements
Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes that are redundant text.
Identical links have the same purpose.
Elements with visible text labels have matching accessible names.
Tables use `<caption>` instead of cells with the `[colspan]` attribute to indicate a caption.
`<td>` elements in a large `<table>` have one or more table headers.
B
Heading Hierarchy
4 headings
REVIEW
4 headings
Critical::
No H1 heading found
Every page should have one H1 that describes the page content.
  • H3 Common Links
  • H3 Latest Release
  • H3 Common Links
  • H3 Sponsors

Every page should have one H1 that describes the page content.

Why this matters

No H1 means screen-reader users can't identify the page's primary topic, and Google's content-extraction degrades.

Learn more

The H1 is the document title for assistive tech and a strong signal to search engines about page topic. Pages without one force screen readers to fall back to the <title> attribute or page chrome. Add a single H1 that names the page's primary subject.

Source: WCAG 2.4.6 / Google Search Central

C
Form Accessibility
Action
3 of 3 controls have issues
REVIEW
3 of 3 controls have issues
Critical::
3 control(s) without accessible label
Form controls need a <label>, aria-label, or aria-labelledby for screen readers.
Got: <select name="s" id="searchtype">; <input type="text" name="q" id="searchbox">; <input type="submit">
3 controls
0 labeled
0 placeholder only
3 unlabeled
ControlTypeLabelMethod
#searchtypeselect(none)none
#searchboxtext(none)none
inputsubmit(none)none

Form controls need a <label>, aria-label, or aria-labelledby for screen readers.

<select name="s" id="searchtype">; <input type="text" name="q" id="searchbox">; <input type="submit">

Why this matters

Form controls without labels — assistive tech announces 'edit text' with no context; users can't complete forms.

Source: WCAG 2.1 SC 3.3.2

A+
Alt Text Quality
All 6 images OK
PASS
All 6 images OK
Info::
6 image(s) with good alt text
6 images 6 good alt text
All images have appropriate alt text.
A+
Color Contrast (Screenshot)
20 text elements analyzed, 0 fail WCAG AA
PASS

Analyzes text contrast against the actual rendered page, including background images, gradients, and overlays that CSS-based tools cannot detect.

20 pass
Show all checked elements (20)
ElementRatioRequiredFGBGResult
h3 Common Links21.00:13.0:1
#000000
#FFFFFF
Pass
h3 Latest Release21.00:13.0:1
#000000
#FFFFFF
Pass
h3 Common Links21.00:13.0:1
#000000
#FFFFFF
Pass
h3 Sponsors21.00:13.0:1
#000000
#FFFFFF
Pass
title SQLite Home Page21.00:14.5:1
#000000
#FFFFFF
Pass
div Small. Fast. Reliabl…21.00:14.5:1
#000000
#FFFFFF
Pass
div Choose any three.21.00:14.5:1
#000000
#FFFFFF
Pass
a Home21.00:14.5:1
#000000
#FFFFFF
Pass
a Menu21.00:14.5:1
#000000
#FFFFFF
Pass
a About21.00:14.5:1
#000000
#FFFFFF
Pass
a Documentation21.00:14.5:1
#000000
#FFFFFF
Pass
a Download21.00:14.5:1
#000000
#FFFFFF
Pass
a License21.00:14.5:1
#000000
#FFFFFF
Pass
a Support21.00:14.5:1
#000000
#FFFFFF
Pass
a Purchase21.00:14.5:1
#000000
#FFFFFF
Pass
a Search21.00:14.5:1
#000000
#FFFFFF
Pass
a About21.00:14.5:1
#000000
#FFFFFF
Pass
a Documentation21.00:14.5:1
#000000
#FFFFFF
Pass
a Download21.00:14.5:1
#000000
#FFFFFF
Pass
a Support21.00:14.5:1
#000000
#FFFFFF
Pass

Methodology: The top 20 text elements by font size were checked. Background color was sampled from the desktop screenshot using a 5-point pattern. WCAG 2.1 AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text.

All checks on this page are automated. Results are estimates - run targeted manual reviews when the score affects a release decision.

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