I once worked with a UI designer who insisted it was impossible to create a product that was both within the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and aesthetically pleasing. ‘It can be pretty, or it can be accessible,’ he said, ‘you can’t have both.’The belief that good design and accessibility are at odds is surprisingly common, but it’s a tension I don’t really believe exists. In this case, my colleague viewed the WCAG Level AA standard as stifling, and felt the constraints made it impo...