BrowserStack, the world’s leading software testing platform, unveiled its Accessibility Design Toolkit, a powerful Figma plugin built to help design teams incorporate accessibility best practices at the earliest stage of product development.
Developed in collaboration with WebAIM, the Accessibility Design Toolkit aligns with findings from the upcoming 2025 WebAIM Million report, which highlights the scale of accessibility issues across the web. According to the report, 94.8% of the one million homepages analyzed failed to meet one or more criteria of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)—with color contrast errors and missing alt text ranking as the two most common issues. Critically, both of these problems can be prevented through better design.
These findings emphasize the growing need for accessibility-first product design. With over 8,800 ADA lawsuits filed in 2024 and the European Accessibility Act set to take effect, organizations are facing mounting legal and regulatory pressure. Despite this, many teams still address accessibility only after products go live—when it’s significantly more time-consuming and expensive to fix.
“Teams lack tools to quickly detect accessibility issues, even though most of these problems arise during the design phase,” said Nakul Aggarwal, co-founder and CTO of BrowserStack. “Our toolkit addresses this need by allowing designers to resolve up to 40% of these issues directly in Figma.”
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Powered by BrowserStack’s proprietary Spectra™ rules engine, the new Accessibility Design Toolkit is engineered to shift accessibility left in the design and development lifecycle.
Key capabilities include:
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Instant scanning of Figma design files to detect issues like insufficient color contrast, inadequate touch target sizes, and spacing problems
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Automated component detection, validation against WCAG standards, and ARIA role-based annotation
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AI-powered recommendations for improving alt text, heading structures, and keyboard focus order
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Developer-ready handoff documents enriched with accessibility specifications and clear, actionable annotations
With the launch of this toolkit, BrowserStack is empowering designers to proactively embed accessibility into their workflows—minimizing rework, reducing compliance risk, and helping to build more inclusive digital experiences for all users.