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What is Silktide's position on WCAG 3.0?

Silktide tests and scores accessibility against 2.2, plus ARIA and best practice. WCAG 3.0 is not part of that, and it is not close to being something we could score against.

WCAG 3.0 is a W3C Working Draft, last published on 10 September 2026. It has been a public draft since January 2021. The draft itself says it has moved closer to completion and still has several years of work ahead. Its requirements and its conformance model will change, and the published draft only includes the parts the working group calls "developing." The W3C says it is inappropriate to cite WCAG 3.0 as anything other than a work in progress.

WCAG 3 does not replace WCAG 2. The W3C expects WCAG 2 to remain in force for a long time, including for years after WCAG 3 is finished, and says that meeting WCAG 2 at puts an organisation close to WCAG 3, with differences still to come.

Silktide intends to support future versions of WCAG once they are stable enough to implement. WCAG 3.0 is not there yet, so checks, scores, and standards coverage stay on WCAG 2.2. Scores will not move onto WCAG 3 while the specification is still changing. We will update this page when that changes.

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