Phase 11. Visual UX. Does your site look like you take yourself seriously?
Design consistency, typography hierarchy, color contrast, mobile responsiveness, spacing, visual rhythm. Phase 11 scores how your site presents itself visually because visitors decide in under 3 seconds whether they trust the design.
Phase 11: Visual & UX
When your visitor lands on your page, their brain judges the design before it reads a word. Outdated fonts, clashing colors, inconsistent spacing, off-center CTAs, mobile layout breakage, every one of these is a subtle trust failure. Phase 11 scores your visual UX against design system principles and flags the specific issues pulling your credibility down.
- Typography hierarchy and font consistency
- Color contrast and accessibility
- Spacing, rhythm, and alignment
Three visual layers scored on every page.
320px, 768px, 1024px, 1440px, every break flagged
Font consistency and hierarchy
We test your layout at every major breakpoint, small mobile, tablet, small desktop, large desktop, and flag exactly where text overlaps images, buttons get cut off, or navigation becomes unusable. Touch target sizing checked against the 44x44px minimum.
- Font consistency, hierarchy, size relationships, readability at scale.
- AI-generated recommendations unique to your site, not a generic checklist everyone else gets
- E-E-A-T scoring, readability analysis, and conversion copy evaluation in one pass
Headings, weight, contrast, above-the-fold value
Contrast and accessibility
Heading hierarchy that does not progress logically. Above-the-fold content with no clear value proposition. Visual weight distributed evenly so nothing stands out. We score every page on hierarchy and identify where the eye gets lost.
- Contrast ratios, accessibility compliance, brand color use, WCAG ratings.
- Schema markup validation, meta tag completeness, heading hierarchy, and internal link structure
- Mobile responsiveness, image optimization, and resource loading analysis
Menu structure, button contrast, form usability
Spacing and responsiveness
Vague menu labels, hidden submenus, hamburger menus that fail on mobile. We map your navigation, score every link for clarity, check button contrast, and flag interactive components that do not meet usability standards.
- Spacing, alignment, visual rhythm, mobile responsiveness, breakpoint handling.
- ADA/WCAG accessibility compliance checking with specific violation identification
- AI readiness scoring, how well AI assistants like ChatGPT and Perplexity can find and recommend your business
What the Phase 11 report delivers.
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Typography and hierarchy score Font, weight, and size consistency.
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Color contrast WCAG compliance Per-element AA/AAA verification.
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Mobile responsiveness check Layout integrity at every breakpoint.
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Included on every audit Free tier or paid.
Breakpoints, hierarchy, navigation, interactions
Common questions about visual & UX auditing
Is this subjective?
Design principles are mostly measurable, contrast, hierarchy, consistency, spacing. Phase 11 scores the measurable parts.
- Design principles are mostly measurable, contrast, hierarchy, consistency, spacing.
- Phase 11 scores the measurable parts.
Will it tell me to use specific colors?
No, it scores what you have, not what you should use.
- No, it scores what you have, not what you should use.
- Our AI reads your content semantically, it understands what your pages are about, who they are written for, and what is missing. That analysis produces recommendations unique to your business that you will not see in a templated report.
Does it test mobile?
Yes, mobile is a separate scoring pass.
- Yes, mobile is a separate scoring pass.
- Agency plan also includes an embeddable audit widget you can add to your own website, plus client seat management so clients can log in and view their reports directly without contacting you.
What is the most common critical issue?
Color contrast failures. Almost every site has at least one.
- Color contrast failures.
- Almost every site has at least one.
Does Google care about design?
Indirectly, bad design = higher bounce = lower rankings.
- Indirectly, bad design = higher bounce = lower rankings.
- Subscriptions can be cancelled at any time. There are no long-term contracts. Access continues through the end of your current billing period after cancellation.
- A public API is on the roadmap. Today every audit exports as PDF, Markdown, and JSON on every plan for manual integration.
- API documentation is available after account creation. Use it to run audits programmatically, retrieve structured results, and integrate SchemaReports data into your client reporting stack.
Run Free Audit
Run Your Free AuditRun a real visual & UX audit on your site.
Free, 2 to 5 minutes. Every layout break, hierarchy gap, and navigation friction point, flagged with specific fixes.
- Full 12-phase analysis in 2 to 5 minutes
- 12 phases, 1,000+ data points, results in under 5 minutes
- Free to run, free to download, yours to keep forever
Visual & UX: how the site feels in use