BrowserStack Accessibility Design Toolkit

About this plugin

Prevent up to 40% of accessibility issues at the design stage.BrowserStack Accessibility Design Toolkit is a powerful Figma plugin that helps design teams create accessible products from day one. With automated checks, intelligent suggestions, and component-level scanning, teams can shift-left to ensure accessibility compliance while designing, thus reducing development costs.Learn more about Accessibility Design Toolkit hereDesign Accessible ComponentsStart with Component Scanner to Bake Accessibility into Your Design SystemThe Accessibility Design Toolkit plugin scans component variants to help designers embed accessibility from the start. It provides:A component checklist of mandatory WCAG guidelinesDetection of component states (hover, focus, disabled, etc.)Best practice guidelines for each componentBy baking accessibility into your component library, you can scale accessibility consistently across your design system.Issue Detection by Spectra™ Rule EngineAutomated, intelligent accessibility insights—built into your workflowThe Spectra™ Rule Engine powers deep accessibility checks across your website and mobile interfaces. Here’s what it automatically detects and guides you on:Contrast: Flags insufficient text-background contrast and issues caused by opacityHeadings: Suggests proper heading hierarchy and flags structural issues like multiple H1sFocus Order: Recommends logical keyboard navigation flow for focusable elementsImage Alt-text: Detects all image assets and checks if alt-text is providedLandmark: Identifies and suggests usage of semantic landmarks for improved navigationTouch Target Size: Detects tap targets that fail to meet accessibility size and spacing standardsVision Simulator: Previews visual experiences for users with impairments such as color blindnessSimplify Design-to-Developer HandoffAs part of both component scanner and layout scanner, the plugin auto-generates guidelines and documentation to streamline handoffs:Automatic heading and text detection for simplified annotationsIntelligent focus order suggestions to skip manual taggingAccurate ARIA label recommendations and design specs---This plugin is licensed under Figma’s Terms of Service, unless you have a different agreement with us for Figma Services, and any use of BrowserStack Services is subject to your agreement with BrowserStack.