Making accessibility standards easy to understand, one success criterion at a time.

guideline: Distinguishable

Create content that’s easy to see and hear.

WCAG 2.0, 2.1, 2.2 Level AAA

1.4.7 Low or No Background Audio

For spoken audio content, any background noise or music is 20 decibels lower than the foreground speech.

Sensory
Auditory/Hearing
Content
WCAG 2.0, 2.1, 2.2 Level AAA

1.4.8 Visual Presentation

For blocks of text, justification should be avoided, line-height should be at least 1.5, width should not exceed 80 characters, and users should be able to set text and background colors.

Sensory, Zoom and Legibility
Cognitive, Visual
Design
WCAG 2.0, 2.1, 2.2 Level AAA