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Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2 Overview

Primary documentation W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
Accessed: 2026-10-12
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Summary

WCAG 2.0/2.1/2.2 standard overview for making web content accessible, explains guidelines, principles, and success criteria.

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WCAG documents explain how to make web content more accessible to people with disabilities.

This page provides an introduction to WCAG 2.0, WCAG 2.1, and WCAG 2.2, detailing how to make web content, including dynamic content, multimedia, and AI interfaces, accessible for people with disabilities. It covers success criteria at three conformance levels (A, AA, and AAA) and provides resources to understand and implement the guidelines. The latest version, WCAG 2.2, aligns with international standards like ISO/IEC 40500 and is used in regulations like the European Accessibility Act.