Accessibility Statement

Last updated: May 2, 2026

LinkPreview.io is committed to making the Service usable by the widest possible audience, including people with disabilities. We believe that accessibility is not a feature to be retrofitted but a baseline expectation, and we treat accessibility regressions as bugs that need to be fixed.

Conformance status

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) define requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. They define three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA.

LinkPreview.io aims to conform with WCAG 2.1 Level AA. The site has been built and reviewed against these guidelines, including text contrast ratios of at least 4.5:1 for body text, full keyboard operability, semantic HTML landmarks, programmatic labels for form controls, descriptive alternatives for non-decorative imagery, and respect for the prefers-reduced-motion media query. We are not a US federal agency, but our conformance target also satisfies the practical expectations of Section 508 of the US Rehabilitation Act and the ADA's effective-communication standard for public-facing web content.

What we have done

Color and contrast. Body text and interactive elements meet WCAG AA contrast ratios against the dark background, including muted descriptive text and link colors.
Keyboard navigation. All interactive controls are reachable and operable with a keyboard, with a "Skip to main content" link as the first focusable element on every page and a visible focus ring on every focusable control.
Screen-reader support. Pages use semantic landmarks (header, nav, main, footer); decorative icons are marked aria-hidden="true"; icon-only controls carry an aria-label; form fields have programmatic labels.
Heading order. Each page has a single <h1> and headings descend in order without skipping levels.
Reduced motion. Animations and transitions are minimized or removed for users who have requested reduced motion in their operating system preferences.
Mobile and zoom. The interface is responsive down to a 320px viewport width, supports browser zoom up to 200% without loss of content, and has tap targets at least 44 × 44 CSS pixels for primary actions.
Language declaration. The document language is declared on the <html> element so assistive technology can pronounce content correctly.

Known limitations

Despite our efforts, some areas may not yet fully meet our target conformance level:

Third-party preview content. The previews displayed by the tool reproduce how third-party platforms render shared links. We do not control the colors, contrast, or text length used inside those preview cards. Where the source page provides accessible meta tags, the preview will be accessible; where it does not, the preview may inherit the source's accessibility issues.
Advertising. Advertisements served by Google AdSense are produced by third parties. We require AdSense's standard policy compliance, but we cannot directly audit every ad creative.
Browser support. The Service is tested on current versions of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge with widely-used assistive technologies. Older browsers may degrade gracefully but are not the primary target.

Assessment approach

We assess the Service through a combination of self-evaluation against the WCAG 2.1 AA success criteria, automated tooling (axe-core and Lighthouse), and manual checks with keyboard-only navigation and screen-reader walkthroughs (VoiceOver on macOS and iOS, NVDA on Windows). We re-run these checks when significant changes ship.

Reporting an accessibility issue

If you encounter an accessibility barrier on LinkPreview.io, please tell us. We treat accessibility reports as priority bugs and aim to acknowledge them within five business days.

Email [email protected] or use our contact page. To help us reproduce the problem, please include:

The URL of the page where you encountered the issue.
A short description of the problem and what you expected to happen.
The browser, operating system, and (if applicable) assistive technology you were using.

Formal complaints

If you live in the United States and feel that your accessibility complaint has not been adequately addressed, you may contact the US Department of Justice ADA Information Line at 1-800-514-0301 (voice) or 1-833-610-1264 (TTY), or visit ada.gov. EU/UK/Swiss visitors may also contact their national accessibility regulator.