To meet the accessibility standards and access a collection of top-notch tools for creating products with improved accessibility within Figma, explore this list of plugins.
Free Plugin
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A11Y colour contrast checker
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The A11y plugin for Figma stands out as one of the most widely used plugins. It guarantees text legibility for users by following the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).
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CONS: Depending on how a layer is constructed, this plugin may encounter limitations in accessing all the text, potentially leading to misleading results.
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Able
Able plugin seamlessly integrates color contrast and color blindness considerations into your workflow with minimal effort. Simply open Able, and it will automatically compare the contrast between the two layers you choose. This allows you to keep Able open and easily select layers for comparison without the need to rerun or update the plugin.
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CONS: You should select only two layers rather than the entire artboard, as this can save you unnecessary effort.
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Color Blind
You can use the colour blind plugin to get an accurate employ the color-blindness plugin to obtain a precise and real-time simulation of your designs based on tailored to the specific type of color vision disorder you have selected've chosen.
GoodPROS: You can easily effortlessly preview and generate the version of the imageimages depicting various colorblind versions.Bad: Nothing
CONS: There are no drawbacks to note. The plugin is user-friendly and provides all the essential options needed for effective use.
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Text Resizer
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Text resizer enables empowers users to customize tailor text size sizes to align with meet WCAG requirements, and when implemented correctly, it is compatible with all operating systems and browsers when implemented accurately.
Most individualsMany users, regardless irrespective of visual impairment, tend to adjust text size slightly (either larger or smaller). Therefore, comprehending how your design responds to such changes is crucialimpairments, prefer to make slight adjustments to text size, either enlarging or reducing it. Hence, understanding how your design accommodates these changes becomes imperative. This is where Text Resizer comes into playexcels, enabling you to assess this behaviour precisely.Goodproviding you with precise insights into this behavior.
PROS: You can change conveniently adjust all text sizes based on rem at once Bad: This function is incompatible using the 'rem' unit.
CONS: It's worth noting that this function is not compatible with Variable and style settings."
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A11y Focus Order
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A11y Focus Orderer , developed by Microsoft is very useful , proves highly beneficial for users using the who rely on a keyboard or other input devices to navigate an application. It This tool specifies the precise order according to in which elements should be focused upon in the browser.receive focus within the browser, enhancing accessibility and user experience.
Add accessibility annotations over your design.
Bulk add, remove, reorder, and update your annotations
Create multiple annotation sets that can be named and styled with a different color
Annotations are stored in a single-layer group that can be toggled on / off
PROS: This A11y tool is a rare gem tailored for users who depend on the keyboard or other input devices for navigation.
CONS: Unfortunately, project budgets seldom allocate resources for additional features such as this.
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Spelll
This plugin equips Figma and FigJam with a spell-checking capability akin to that of Google Docs. It performs ongoing checks for spelling errors in your Figma or FigJam document and provides a one-click solution to rectify them.
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Not Free
Stark Accessibility Tools (not free
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With tools like Contrast Checker, Focus Order, Alt-Text Annotations, Vision Simulator, and more all in one place, you can find accessibility issues in a design before it goes into production—or quickly analyze and fix what’s already in flight.
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