Day 75: Conformance Levels (A, AA, AAA)

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) have three levels of conformance; A, AA, and AAA.  How do you know which conformance level to use?

  • UTMB's standard is WCAG 2.1 Level AA compliance. 
  • However, you can try to remove as many barriers as possible, by aiming for Level AAA compliance on a success criteria whenever possible.

Compliance levels:

  • Level A - meets all of the Level A requirements in full, or a conforming alternate version is provided 
  • Level AA - meets all of the Level A and Level AA requirements in full, or a conforming level AA alternate version is provided 
  • Level AAA - meets all of the Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA requirements in full, or a conforming Level AAA alternate version is provided 

Learn more about the conformance levels at the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).

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