1. Our Commitment to Accessibility
ArcaScience believes that the web should be accessible to everyone, regardless of ability or disability. We are committed to providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience, including those with visual, auditory, motor, and cognitive disabilities.
We view accessibility not as a compliance exercise but as a core part of building a high-quality digital experience. Our development team integrates accessibility considerations into every stage of design and implementation, and we conduct regular audits to identify and address barriers.
This statement applies to the ArcaScience marketing website (arcascience.ai). Accessibility for the ArcaScience platform application is covered under separate documentation provided to platform clients.
2. Conformance Status
The ArcaScience website targets conformance with the following standards:
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA
WCAG 2.1 is the internationally recognized standard for web accessibility, published by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). Level AA conformance addresses the most common barriers for disabled users across four principles: Perceivable, Operable, Understandable, and Robust.
Our current conformance status is partially conformant. "Partially conformant" means that some parts of the content do not fully conform to the WCAG 2.1 Level AA standard. We are actively working to achieve full conformance and address the known limitations described in this statement.
This standard also satisfies the requirements of the European Standard EN 301 549, which references WCAG 2.1 Level AA for web content accessibility.
3. Accessibility Features
The ArcaScience website includes the following accessibility features:
Keyboard Navigation
All interactive elements (links, buttons, form controls, accordions, navigation menus) are accessible via keyboard. Users can navigate the entire website using Tab, Shift+Tab, Enter, Escape, and arrow keys without requiring a mouse or pointing device.
Screen Reader Support
The website is structured with semantic HTML elements (header, nav, main, footer, section, article) and ARIA landmarks to provide a meaningful reading order and navigation structure for screen reader users. All images include descriptive alt text, and decorative images are appropriately hidden from assistive technology.
Color Contrast
Text and interactive elements maintain a minimum contrast ratio of 4.5:1 against their background for normal text and 3:1 for large text, meeting WCAG 2.1 Level AA requirements. Our design system enforces these ratios through validated color token pairings across all page templates.
Reduced Motion Support
All animations and motion effects on the website respect the prefers-reduced-motion media query. When a user has indicated a preference for reduced motion in their operating system settings, scroll-triggered animations, parallax effects, and decorative transitions are automatically disabled or replaced with instant state changes.
Focus Visibility
All focusable elements display a clearly visible focus indicator when navigated to via keyboard. Focus styles use a high-contrast outline that is visible against both light and dark backgrounds, ensuring keyboard users can always identify which element has focus.
ARIA Attributes
We use WAI-ARIA (Web Accessibility Initiative — Accessible Rich Internet Applications) attributes to enhance the accessibility of dynamic content and interactive components. This includes aria-label for icon-only buttons, aria-expanded for accordions and dropdowns, aria-current for navigation, and role attributes where semantic HTML alone is insufficient.
4. Technical Implementation
The following technical measures are implemented across the ArcaScience website to support accessibility:
Skip navigation link: A "skip to main content" link is provided as the first focusable element on every page, allowing keyboard and screen reader users to bypass the navigation and go directly to the page content.
ARIA landmarks: Every page uses ARIA landmark roles (role="navigation", role="main", role="contentinfo") to define page regions for assistive technology navigation.
Reduced motion detection: The data-animate attribute system respects prefers-reduced-motion. When reduced motion is detected, the reduced-motion class is added to the document root before first paint, disabling all CSS animations and JavaScript-driven scroll effects.
Focus-visible styles: The arca-focus-visible styles provide enhanced focus indicators that appear only during keyboard navigation (using the :focus-visible pseudo-class), avoiding distracting outlines during mouse interaction while maintaining keyboard accessibility.
Semantic heading hierarchy: Every page follows a logical heading structure (h1 through h6) with no skipped levels, providing a meaningful document outline for screen reader navigation.
Responsive design: The website is fully responsive and functions correctly at zoom levels up to 200% without loss of content or functionality, meeting WCAG 1.4.4 (Resize text) requirements.
5. Known Limitations
Despite our efforts, some areas of the website may not yet fully conform to WCAG 2.1 Level AA. We are aware of the following limitations and are actively working to resolve them:
SVG animations: Some decorative SVG animations on the homepage hero section may not have complete text alternatives. These are purely decorative and do not convey information, but we are adding appropriate ARIA attributes for completeness.
Embedded third-party content: Some embedded content from third-party providers (such as video embeds or interactive widgets) may not meet our accessibility standards. We work with providers to improve accessibility and provide alternative formats where possible.
PDF documents: Some downloadable PDF documents (whitepapers, case studies) may not be fully accessible. We are working to remediate existing PDFs and ensure all new documents are created with accessibility in mind, including proper heading structure, reading order, and alt text for images.
Data visualizations: Interactive charts and data visualizations on certain pages may not provide complete text alternatives for all data points. We provide tabular data alternatives where feasible and are improving chart accessibility with ARIA live regions and keyboard interaction patterns.
6. Third-Party Content
The ArcaScience website integrates content and services from third-party providers, including analytics tools, customer support widgets, and embedded media. While we select providers that demonstrate commitment to accessibility, we cannot guarantee that all third-party content fully conforms to WCAG 2.1 Level AA.
We regularly review the accessibility of third-party integrations and work with providers to address identified issues. If you encounter accessibility barriers in any third-party content on our website, please report them through our feedback mechanism below, and we will work with the provider to find a solution or provide an accessible alternative.
7. Feedback Mechanism
We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of the ArcaScience website. If you encounter any accessibility barriers, have suggestions for improvement, or need content in an alternative format, please contact us:
Accessibility Feedback
Email: accessibility@arcascience.ai
Phone: +33 1 XX XX XX XX (Paris office)
Address: ArcaScience SAS, 8 rue Jean-Antoine de Baif, 75013 Paris, France
When reporting an accessibility issue, please include the following information to help us investigate and resolve the issue efficiently:
The URL of the page where you encountered the issue
A description of the problem and what you were trying to do
The browser, operating system, and assistive technology you were using
Any suggestions for how the issue could be resolved
We aim to respond to accessibility feedback within 5 business days and to resolve identified issues within 30 business days where technically feasible.
8. Enforcement Procedure
If you are not satisfied with our response to your accessibility feedback, you may escalate the matter through the following channels:
Under the EU Web Accessibility Directive (Directive (EU) 2016/2102), public sector bodies and organizations providing services within the EU are required to ensure their websites and mobile applications are accessible. While ArcaScience is a private company, we align our practices with the requirements of this directive and the European Standard EN 301 549.
France: Défenseur des droits — defenseurdesdroits.fr
United Kingdom: Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) — equalityhumanrights.com
United States: U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division — ada.gov
9. Assessment Methods
ArcaScience assesses the accessibility of our website through the following methods:
Automated testing: Regular automated accessibility scans using industry-standard tools (axe-core, WAVE, Lighthouse) to identify common WCAG violations.
Manual testing: Periodic manual testing with screen readers (NVDA, VoiceOver, JAWS), keyboard-only navigation, and high-contrast mode to verify accessibility in real-world usage scenarios.
Development process integration: Accessibility requirements are included in our design system, code review checklists, and quality assurance processes to prevent regressions.
User feedback: Accessibility feedback from users is tracked, prioritized, and incorporated into our development roadmap.
10. Changes to This Statement
We may update this Accessibility Statement from time to time to reflect changes in our website, improvements to accessibility features, or updates to applicable standards and regulations. When changes are made, the "Last updated" date at the top of this statement will be revised.
We encourage you to review this statement periodically. If you have questions about our accessibility efforts or this statement, please contact us at accessibility@arcascience.ai.