Webflow accessibility
Make your Webflow site truly accessible. EAA & WCAG, without an overlay
Webflow gives you pixel control, but no built-in accessibility: the Designer leaves aria-* off complex components by default. We find the barriers and deliver the fix in your own Custom Attributes, no widget that slows your site down.
This is how Seviranta tackles your Webflow site at the source
Where the barriers hide
Themes, extensions and forms introduce silent barriers. We find every one of them.
The fix in the source, not on top of it
Concrete repairs in your Webflow setup, not an overlay layer that only hides the errors.
No widget, no slowdown
We crawl externally from EU servers, 0% impact on your load speed and Core Web Vitals.
Ready for the EAA
We test your site against WCAG, at the level that regulators test at.
Headless scan on axe-core, the same engine that powers Google Lighthouse, from our EU servers. 0% impact on your loading speed.
The truth: Webflow is not accessible by default
The Webflow Designer outputs clean HTML, and Webflow's own components (Tabs, Dropdown, Navbar, Slider) are, according to Webflow itself, ARIA and keyboard accessible. Things go wrong in what you build yourself: tabs, modals and buttons made from divs with interactions get no role or state, focus styling has to be set by you everywhere, the Audit panel checks only four things and the Lightbox does not support alt text. That is exactly where the findings land.
What's really at stake
- An inaccessible checkout is a direct EAA violation.
- An accessibility widget doesn't count as a structural fix.
- Regulators test the generated HTML, including your apps.
- 'We use Webflow' is not a legal defence: responsibility sits with the live webshop, not the platform.
What waiting can cost you
up to € 1,000,000
EU maximum · Spain/Luxembourg
$ 4,000
US · California (Unruh), per visit
You won't be fined out of the blue, first comes a remediation order with a deadline. But whoever can show a dated record at that moment walks away cheapest.
See what applies to your target market →The hidden risk of third-party Webflow extensions
Review widgets, filters, bundlers and search apps inject dynamic HTML into your frontend, and every app update can add a new barrier. In an audit that code counts in full, even though you did not write it yourself. That is why Seviranta continuously monitors the end result the way a regulator sees it: your Webflow theme plus all apps and dynamic content.
What commonly goes wrong on Webflow
- Custom tabs without role and aria-selectedWhen you build your own tabs in the Designer, they stay plain divs. Without role="tab", aria-selected and aria-controls on the tab buttons, a screen reader can't tell these are tabs or which one is active. You add them by hand via the Custom Attributes.
- Dropdowns and modals without keyboard trap managementWebflow's interactions often open a dropdown or modal without moving or holding focus. Keyboard users tab away behind the overlay and lose track of the content.
- Div buttons without role and tabindexA div with a click interaction looks like a button, but isn't one. Without role="button" and tabindex="0" via the Custom Attributes, it's unreachable for keyboard and screen-reader users.
- Lightbox images without alt textWebflow's Lightbox does not support alt text for the images inside it, and the Audit panel does not flag that. Every product photo or portfolio image in a lightbox is therefore invisible to screen readers. Use a different gallery setup or describe the image in the surrounding text.
What a real fix looks like
Take a custom tab component you built from divs in the Designer. A screen reader then only hears 'group' instead of a tab row. The fix lives entirely in the Custom Attributes, no rebuild: set role="tab", aria-selected and aria-controls on the tab buttons.
<div class="tab-link">Overzicht</div><div class="tab-link"
role="tab"
aria-selected="true"
aria-controls="panel-overzicht">Overzicht</div>Where you fix it inside Webflow
Webflow has more built in than most no-code tools, but the tooling covers only part of WCAG. These are the five places where you make the difference in the Designer, and what you have to solve outside it.
- 1Audit panel: four checks, no moreThe Audit panel (left toolbar, Option/Alt + U) checks exactly four things: missing alt text, non-descriptive link text, skipped heading levels and duplicate element IDs. Colour contrast, anything inside Components, Lightbox media and CMS-bound images are out of scope. Green in the Audit panel is not WCAG green.
- 2Alt text: descriptive or decorativeSet the default alt per asset in the Assets panel (cog → Descriptive or Decorative) and override per instance via Image settings → Alt text. Decorative outputs an empty alt so screen readers skip the image. Alt text inside a Lightbox is not supported; pick a different gallery setup there.
- 3Make focus visibleWebflow's own components are, per Webflow, ARIA and keyboard accessible, but the focus style is yours to set. Style panel → States → 'Focused (keyboard)' and give it a clear outline; for slider dots this is only possible via custom CSS on .w-slider-dot:focus.
- 4Custom attributes for everything you build yourselfIf you build tabs, modals or buttons from divs and interactions, a screen reader has no idea what they are. Element settings → Custom attributes → '+' and add role, aria-label, aria-expanded or tabindex. Attributes can also be bound to CMS fields and component properties, so you set them once.
- 5Skip link and motionA 'skip to content' link is not built into Webflow; you build it yourself as the first element in the header, hidden until focused, with a small script under Project settings → Custom code. Animations: set interactions to 'no animation' or 'skip to end' for prefers-reduced-motion, and give background videos a play/pause button.
Webflow says it itself: tested elements conform 'to levels as high as' WCAG 2.1 AA, and the tool makes it easy to publish inaccessible content. Our scan tests the published page, exactly what a regulator sees, regardless of what the Audit panel marks green.
What you get
Per issue: what, why and how
For every finding you see what's wrong, who it affects, which WCAG rule applies and a concrete, Webflow-aware fix, with a code example where possible.
Platform-specific detection
You catch the errors that arise specifically on Webflow, not just what a generic WCAG check picks up.
A record that holds up
A dated overview of your scans and findings that you can show at an audit or inspection.
With a reporting tool you pay the licence and your developers to fix the issues. With Seviranta the fix is included, no double bill.
Protect your conversion and your legal standing
An app that slaps an accessibility icon over your Webflow site is a risk to your business. The facts:
Webflow accessibility widgets
- Load extra external scripts that hurt your load speed (LCP) and therefore your conversion.
- Mask the issue instead of fixing it, the underlying code stays broken.
- Don't protect you from claims. The FTC fined overlay vendor accessiBe $1 million in 2025 for misleading compliance claims.
The Seviranta approach
- 0% impact on your load speed, we scan externally from our EU servers.
- We fix the real source code of your Webflow templates.
- We automatically compile your EAA dossier, ready to keep on record and show a regulator.
Questions and answers
- Webflow is accessible already, so why does my site fail?
- Webflow's own components are ARIA and keyboard accessible according to Webflow, but everything you build yourself from divs and interactions, your colour choices, your alt texts and your heading order are yours. That is where most findings sit, and the Audit panel largely does not see them.
- I also sell to France or Germany. Which standard applies to my Webflow site there?
- The same one: WCAG 2.1 AA via EN 301 549. France tests with the RGAA (version 4.1.2, 106 criteria covering the A and AA criteria of WCAG 2.1), Germany with the BFSG. Both assess the published page, not the build tool. Done right once in Webflow means done for every market.
- Can Seviranta apply the fix in Webflow for me?
- For each finding we deliver the exact location (selector) and the fix: which custom attribute, which alt text, which focus style. You or your Webflow builder apply it in the Designer. We need no access to your project and place no script on your site.
- Is a Webflow accessibility widget enough for the EAA?
- No. A widget puts a layer over your site, but doesn't repair the underlying code and doesn't count as structural compliance.
- Does my Webflow checkout fall under the EAA?
- Yes. The checkout and navigation are explicitly part of the obligation under WCAG 2.1 AA.
- Does Seviranta also scan my Webflow apps?
- Yes. We test the final generated HTML, theme plus apps, the way a regulator does.
- Will this slow my Webflow site down?
- No. We scan externally from our EU servers; no script goes on your site. 0% impact on your load speed and Core Web Vitals.
We do it ourselves too
We hold ourselves to exactly the same standard: our own site scores 0 errors in axe-core, the same engine that powers Google Lighthouse and that we also use to scan your Webflow shop. What a machine establishes with certainty we resolve by machine, the rest is judged by a person. This is how sharp you get it from us: see a real example report.
What the EAA asks of your Webflow store
Since June 2025 your webshop must meet WCAG 2.1 AA, a Webflow store is no exception. The free scan shows in 60 seconds where you stand, with the exact line that fails.
Selling in more than one country?
WCAG is the global standard. Almost every market builds on it:
Fix your Webflow store once to WCAG and you cover the technical bar across all those markets. What differs per market is the enforcer and the fines.
See what applies per target market →Manage several Webflow sites for clients?
Stop the stores you ship from becoming an EAA liability for your clients. Use Seviranta as your automated quality stamp on every handover and deploy, one scan, and every site is demonstrably in order.
See our partner programme →Other platforms
Scan your Webflow store free
Paste your Webflow URL into the free scan and see within a minute which lines fail, with the exact spot in your components.