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WCAG Patterns

WCAG 2.3.1 · Level A · WCAG 2.0

Three Flashes or Below Threshold

Content must not flash more than three times per second, or must stay below the general flash and red flash thresholds.

Principle
Operable
Guideline
Seizures and Physical Reactions
Level
A
Added in
WCAG 2.0

What it means

Content must not flash more than three times per second, or must stay below the general flash and red flash thresholds.

This is the short summary — a long-form breakdown (with code examples, common failures, and fix patterns) is queued for this criterion. In the meantime, the official W3C document linked at the end of the page is the authoritative source.

Quick checks

  • Run axe DevTools against the page and filter for rules citing 2.3.1.
  • Navigate the component with Tab + Enter only and confirm nothing is orphaned.
  • Inspect the accessibility tree in DevTools (Accessibility pane in Chrome/Firefox).

Further reading

The authoritative source is the official W3C Understanding document for 2.3.1. Framework-specific patterns and axe-rule mappings land here as the library grows.