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Last updated September 7, 2026
We build to WCAG 2.2 Level AA and test against it automatically. We do not claim conformance, because no third party has audited this site. What follows is what is actually enforced, how it is checked, and what is not covered.
What we are aiming for
WCAG 2.2 Level AA is the standard this site is built against. A statement of conformance would need an independent audit, and we have not had one, so this page gives you the evidence instead of the claim.
The design constraints that make the site accessible are the same ones that make it legible: real contrast, type that does not shrink, and a page that works without a pointing device.
Body text is set at 16 pixels and never smaller, and the disclaimers are set at 14 pixels rather than shrunk to the smallest size that would still technically be present. That is a rule we hold ourselves to in the design. Unlike the floors below, no script measures it.
What is enforced in the build
These are not intentions. Each one is asserted by a script in this repository, and the colour floors stop a release outright rather than producing a warning somebody can ignore.
- Every text colour is measured against the surface it sits on and must reach at least 4.5:1. Every border that carries meaning must reach at least 3:1. A colour below either floor fails the build — it cannot be shipped.
- Both palettes on this site are measured, not just the light one, and each is measured against both of its own background surfaces.
- A visible focus outline is applied to every focusable element by one site-wide rule that no component overrides, so it is never removed, and the keyboard pass checks it at every stop it walks.
- Where you have asked your system to reduce motion, animation on this site is switched off outright rather than merely shortened.
How we test
The axe-core rule set is run against the built site over 15 representative routes at five viewport widths — 320, 390, 768, 1440, and 2560 pixels. That covers the home page, the catalog, a product page of each type, the certificate index, the editorial pages, the cart, checkout, the order status page, and the researcher gate.
The same run checks two things automated rule sets miss: that no page scrolls sideways at any of those widths, and that the home page can be walked from top to bottom with the keyboard alone, with a focus indicator visible at every stop.
Colour is checked separately, from the source of the design tokens, so a change to a colour is caught at the moment it is made rather than after it ships.
Known limitations
No third party has audited this site, and automated testing finds only a fraction of what a real audit does. We have not tested this site with people who use assistive technology every day, and until we have, that gap is the honest headline of this page.
Certificates of analysis will be published as PDF documents. Those documents have not been assessed for accessibility, because none have been published yet. A scanned certificate is the most likely place this site will fail, and we would rather write that down now than discover it later.
Some product data is presented in tables of specifications. We believe they are marked up correctly, but they have not been verified with a screen reader by anyone who relies on one.
Telling us about a problem
If something on this site does not work for you, write to help@atlanticlongevity.net and tell us the page and what happened. You do not need to identify the standard involved — describing what you were trying to do is more useful. We would far rather hear it than not.