Accessibility tools

Blur

Last reviewed
13 August 2026

Simulate blurred vision to test the visibility of content.

What you can test

This tool can help you identify potential accessibility barriers that may affect people with:

How to use

Drag the links to your bookmark bar:

Once the blur tools are saved to your bookmark bar, visit a webpage and select the one you want to try.

Example of using blur

The tool will blur the content on the page. This simulates how someone with poor vision, for example cataracts, might view your page.

Before

This is an example of a webpage with no blur applied.

A webpage before applying the Blur tool

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After

This is an example of a webpage with a medium blur applied.

Blur tool showing a web page with medium blur applied

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