ADA Compliance for Framer Websites
Framer sites are designed to impress, with layered animation, hover effects and heavy imagery. A design-led build is where ADA problems like autoplaying movement, hover-only interactions and text over images appear, and where accessibility has to be designed in rather than added later.
This Framer ADA compliance checker runs the same engine as the Framer accessibility checker with the ADA preset selected, so the results are measured against WCAG 2.1 Level AA. Paste a page address above to see the issues on your own Framer site.
Framer ADA Compliance Risks to Check First
These are the barriers most often behind accessibility complaints on Framer sites. Each one maps to a WCAG success criterion that the scan reports.
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Tickers and autoplay carousels
Logo tickers, marquees and looping video that never stop.
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Icon-only buttons
Social and menu icons built from frames with no ARIA label.
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Text layers without heading tags
Large styled text with no heading tag, so the outline is empty.
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Hover-only content
Menus and cards that reveal content only on hover.
WCAG 2.1.1 Keyboard
How the ADA Applies to Your Framer Site
Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act requires businesses open to the public to give people with disabilities equal access to their goods and services. The Department of Justice states that this covers a business's web content as well as its physical locations ({ADA.gov web guidance (opens in a new tab)}). The law does not name a technical standard for private websites, so courts, settlements and demand letters tend to point to WCAG 2.1 Level AA, which is why this checker uses it.
- 3,117 website accessibility lawsuits filed in U.S. federal court in 2025, up 27% from 2024 Seyfarth Shaw, ADA Title III blog (opens in a new tab)
- 5,000+ digital accessibility lawsuits filed across federal and state courts in 2025 UsableNet 2025 year-end report (opens in a new tab)
- 1,427 of those 2025 lawsuits were against companies that had already been sued UsableNet 2025 year-end report (opens in a new tab)
- 64% of companies sued in the first half of 2025 had annual revenue under $25 million UsableNet 2025 midyear report (opens in a new tab)
None of this depends on which platform you use: a claim names the barrier on the page, not the software behind it. Read more in our ADA website compliance guide and the general ADA compliance checker.
Framer ADA Compliance Steps
- Run the ADA check above on your homepage, and then on a page of each type you publish.
- Set a heading tag on each text layer that is a heading, and add ARIA labels to icon-only elements.
- Turn on the reduced-motion setting, and add pause controls to anything that moves for more than five seconds.
- Make every hover state available on focus and tap, and test the finished site with a keyboard.
- Rescan to confirm each fix, and keep dated records. AccessBell Pro monitors up to 500 URLs per domain every day and emails you when something new fails.
What an Automated Framer ADA Check Can and Cannot Do
Automated testing finds a large share of the machine-detectable WCAG failures, such as missing alt text, unlabeled fields, low contrast and broken ARIA. It cannot judge whether alt text is accurate, whether a keyboard path makes sense or whether a screen reader user can complete a purchase. Test your key journeys by hand as well, and read our methodology for exactly what runs.
No tool, including this one, can certify that a Framer site is ADA compliant or protect you from a claim. Treat a scan as evidence of ongoing effort, and speak to a lawyer if you receive a demand letter.
Free scan and 3-day free trial
- Free, with no account: every issue found on the page, ranked by severity, with the WCAG criteria each one fails.
- With the trial: the failing HTML, how to fix each issue, scans of up to 500 pages per domain, daily monitoring and a dated record of your fixes.
Publishing an Accessibility Statement on Framer
Add a page for your accessibility statement and link it from the footer component so it appears everywhere. Our free accessibility statement generator writes the text, and it should name the standard you follow, any known gaps and a way to contact you.
Framer ADA Compliance: Frequently Asked Questions
Is a Framer site ADA compliant?
Framer supplies accessibility controls, but they only work if you use them. Scan the published site to see what remains.
Are animations an ADA problem?
Constant movement can be, and WCAG requires a way to pause moving content that lasts over five seconds. Respecting reduced-motion settings helps.
Can I scan a Framer site in preview?
AccessBell scans published public pages and, on Pro, staging sites.
What standard does the Framer ADA compliance check use?
WCAG 2.1 Level AA, the technical standard the Department of Justice has adopted for state and local government websites and the one courts and settlements most often cite for businesses. The ADA itself does not name a technical standard for private business websites.
Sources
- ADA.gov: Guidance on Web Accessibility and the ADA (opens in a new tab)
- W3C: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 (opens in a new tab)
- Seyfarth Shaw, ADA Title III blog (opens in a new tab)
- UsableNet 2025 year-end report (opens in a new tab)
- UsableNet 2025 midyear report (opens in a new tab)
This page explains general ADA and accessibility patterns for Framer sites and is not legal advice. AccessBell is not affiliated with Framer. Framer and its logo are trademarks of their owners and are used only to identify the platform. See our disclaimer.
