Understanding Accessibility Check Results in Siteimprove Accessibility for Designers

Answer

After an accessibility check completes, findings appear grouped by issue type. You can use the available tabs to filter results, open individual findings for detailed explanations, and navigate directly to the affected layer in Figma.

Before You Begin

• Run an accessibility check on a Frame, Component, or Group.
• Wait for the check to complete and display the results.

Understand Accessibility Check Results

Review findings by issue type

Findings are grouped by issue type — such as contrast, touch target size, or text size — so related problems sit together and are easy to work through one group at a time.

Use the result tabs

Three tabs let you focus the list, each with a live count:

• All — every finding in scope.
• Issues — accessibility and contrast findings.
• Best Practices — advisory recommendations that are not formal WCAG failures.

Navigate to affected elements

Click any finding — or the “Navigate to layer” button in its detail view — and Figma selects and zooms to the exact element, even if it is on another page.

Review finding details

Open a finding to see its detail view, which includes:

• A plain-language explanation of the issue and why it matters
• The mapped WCAG success criterion, with its name and version
• The abilities affected (for example, low vision or color blindness)
• A link to the relevant WCAG guideline for further reading
• For contrast issues, color swatches with the measured ratio and AA/AAA pass or fail

Review "Needs review" findings

Some findings are marked Needs review rather than a definite failure. These are cases the design alone cannot confirm — such as whether an image has alt text, or whether a link is distinguished by more than color. Treat them as prompts to verify manually.

Expected Result

You can identify accessibility issues, understand why they matter, view the associated WCAG criteria, and navigate directly to the affected design elements for remediation.

Related Information

• Findings are grouped by issue type to simplify remediation workflows.
• Results can include accessibility issues, contrast findings, and best-practice recommendations.
• Some findings require manual validation and are presented as Needs review rather than confirmed failures.