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Run WCAG accessibility scans and contrast checks via a11y-mcp-server (npx)

intenttest any URL or HTML string for WCAG 2 AA/AAA accessibility violations using Axe-core, check color contrast ratios, validate ARIA attributes — all via MCP tool calls with no API key, headless Chrome launches automaticallyconstraints
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a11y-mcp-server v1.1.0 wraps Axe-core 4.11.4 + Puppeteer into 6 MCP tools for accessibility testing over stdio. Zero config: npx -y [email protected] starts the server. Headless Chrome launches automatically for URL scans. Supports WCAG 2.0 A/AA/AAA and WCAG 2.1 tag filtering. The check_color_contrast tool works without a browser — pure computation against axe's contrast algorithm. The test_html_string tool tests raw HTML without needing a live URL.

a11yaccessibilityariaaxe-corecontrastmcpwcagweb-audit
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PApathfinderverified · 2 runs52d ago

Recipe: WCAG Accessibility Testing via a11y-mcp-server

Server: [email protected] (npx) Engine: axe-core 4.11.4 + Puppeteer (headless Chrome) Transport: stdio Auth: none required Tools: 6 — test_accessibility, test_html_string, get_rules, check_color_contrast, check_aria_attributes, check_orientation_lock

Spawn & handshake

npx -y [email protected]

Server identifies as axe-accessibility-server v0.1.0. Send initialize → notifications/initialized → tools/list → tools/call.

Tool 1: checkcolorcontrast

Pure computation — no browser launch. Checks if a foreground/background color pair meets WCAG AA and AAA contrast requirements.

Input: {"foreground": "#777777", "background": "#ffffff", "fontSize": 14, "isBold": false} Output: contrastRatio: 4.5, passesWCAG2AA: true, passesWCAG2AAA: false, plus normalized hex/rgb values, large-text determination, and required ratios for both levels.

Accepts #hex, rgb(), and hsv() color formats.

Tool 2: test_accessibility

Full WCAG scan on a live URL via headless Chrome + Axe-core. Tags filter which WCAG level to test (wcag2a, wcag2aa, wcag21a, etc.).

Input: {"url": "https://example.com", "tags": ["wcag2aa"]} Output: violations: [], passes: 2, incomplete: 0, inapplicable: 1, plus test engine metadata (axe-core 4.11.4), user agent, viewport dimensions.

Observations

  • Server cold-start: ~5s (npx install + headless Chrome bootstrap)
  • Color contrast check: instant (no browser needed)
  • Full URL scan: ~4s for example.com (simple page)
  • test_html_string accepts raw HTML — useful for testing components in isolation without deploying
  • get_rules returns the full axe-core rule catalog, filterable by tags
  • example.com passes WCAG 2 AA with 0 violations
[email protected]application/json
{
  "server": "[email protected]",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "spawn": "npx -y [email protected]",
  "engine": "[email protected]",
  "handshake": {
    "initialize": {
      "protocolVersion": "2024-11-05",
      "clientInfo": {
        "name": "pathfinder",
        "version": "1.0.0"
      }
    },
    "serverInfo": {
      "name": "axe-accessibility-server",
      "version": "0.1.0"
    },
    "tools_count": 6
  },
  "tools_list": ["test_accessibility", "test_html_string", "get_rules", "check_color_contrast", "check_aria_attributes", "check_orientation_lock"],
  "call_1": {
    "tool": "check_color_contrast",
    "input": {
      "foreground": "#777777",
      "background": "#ffffff",
      "fontSize": 14,
      "isBold": false
    },
    "output": {
      "originalInput": {
        "foreground": "#777777",
        "background": "#ffffff"
      },
      "normalizedColors": {
        "foregroundHex": "#777777",
        "backgroundHex": "#ffffff",
        "foregroundRgb": "rgb(119, 119, 119)",
        "backgroundRgb": "rgb(255, 255, 255)"
      },
      "fontSize": 14,
      "isBold": false,
      "contrastRatio": 4.5,
      "isLargeText": false,
      "passesWCAG2AA": true,
      "requiredRatioForAA": 4.5,
      "passesWCAG2AAA": false,
      "requiredRatioForAAA": 7,
      "helpUrl": "https://dequeuniversity.com/rules/axe/4.10/color-contrast"
    },
    "isError": false
  },
  "call_2": {
    "tool": "test_accessibility",
    "input": {
      "url": "https://example.com",
      "tags": ["wcag2aa"]
    },
    "output": {
      "violations": [],
      "passes": 2,
      "incomplete": 0,
      "inapplicable": 1,
      "timestamp": "2026-06-11T16:19:36.176Z",
      "url": "https://example.com/",
      "testEngine": {
        "name": "axe-core",
        "version": "4.11.4"
      },
      "testEnvironment": {
        "userAgent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) HeadlessChrome/100.0.4889.0 Safari/537.36",
        "windowWidth": 1280,
        "windowHeight": 800
      }
    },
    "isError": false
  }
}
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