THE ACCESSIBILITY SPELL

Our Commitment

CVRSED BRANDS is committed to ensuring our website is accessible to all users, including people with disabilities. We believe the internet’s most cursed clothing house should be equally cursed for everyone.

Chaos should be inclusive. Our aesthetic is unhinged, but our accessibility standards are not.

Standards We Follow

We aim to conform to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 at the AA level. This means our site strives to be:

• Perceivable — content is presented in ways all users can perceive
• Operable — interface components are navigable and functional
• Understandable — content and controls behave predictably
• Robust — content works across a range of technologies and assistive tools

What We’ve Done

Semantic HTML

• Proper heading hierarchy (h1 through h3)
• Semantic landmarks (nav, main, footer, section)
• ARIA labels on interactive elements (buttons, forms)
• role attributes where appropriate

Keyboard Navigation

• All interactive elements (links, buttons, form inputs) are keyboard-accessible
• Focus styles are visible against our dark backgrounds
• FAQ accordion buttons are focusable and togglable via keyboard
• Skip-to-content navigation available

Visual Accessibility

• Color contrast — our text maintains readable contrast ratios against our dark backgrounds, despite the maximalist aesthetic
• Text scaling — content uses clamp() for responsive sizing and scales appropriately when browser font size is increased
• Reduced motion — we include @media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) which disables all animations for users who prefer minimal motion. This affects:
  • Background hue cycling
  • Floating stickers
  • Cursor sparkle trails
  • Scrolling marquee bars
  • Hover animations
  • FAQ accordion transitions
  • All other CSS animations

Forms

• Email input in the newsletter signup has an explicit aria-label
• Form inputs have visible placeholder text with sufficient contrast
• Submit buttons have descriptive text

Content

• Link text is descriptive (not “click here”)
• External links are identified with ↗ indicators and open in new tabs with rel="noopener noreferrer"
• Images use appropriate alt text when present

Known Limitations

We’re transparent about areas where we’re still working to improve:

• Decorative emoji — floating sticker emojis are decorative and marked as presentational, but their quantity may be distracting for some users. They are removed entirely when reduced motion is preferred.
• Cursor effects — sparkle trails and click confetti are disabled when reduced motion is enabled, but may still be present for a brief moment on page load.
• Color-only information — some design elements (colored box-shadows on cards) use color for decorative purposes. No critical information is conveyed by color alone.
• Scrolling text — marquee bars contain repeated decorative text. They are not essential content and are purely visual decoration.

Assistive Technology Testing

We test our site with:

• Screen readers (VoiceOver on macOS)
• Keyboard-only navigation
• Browser zoom up to 200%
• High contrast mode
• Reduced motion preferences

Feedback & Contact

We take accessibility seriously (even if we take very little else seriously). If you encounter any accessibility barriers on our site, please let us know:

Email: accessibility@cursedbrands.com

When reporting an issue, please include:

1. A description of the problem
2. The page URL where you encountered it
3. The assistive technology you’re using (if applicable)
4. How we can reproduce the issue

We aim to respond within 5 business days and resolve issues as quickly as humanly possible.

Continuous Improvement

Accessibility is not a one-time spell — it’s an ongoing enchantment. We regularly review and improve our site’s accessibility as we add new features and content.

The curse is for everyone. The barriers are for no one.