We reviewed 11 of the 43 linked pages, at 1280 px and 390 px. Everything we say below comes from these captures, and each statement has the measurement it comes from underneath it.
First screen at 1280×800 and at 390×844, as it looked when we read it.Where the first screen ends depends on the window size. Open them at full size to see it.
First screen at 1280×800 and at 390×844, as it looked when we read it. Where the first screen ends depends on the window size. Open them at full size to see it.
We ran 6 checks. Complete: 2. Partial: 4. Not measured: 0. With that, we flag 2 changes for you.
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Decide
What you can decide
Each one is a change you can make, with the measurement it comes from and how to check that it is done. In stage 3 we tell you in what order we would make them.
They are not ordered by urgency. Which one you work on first is a decision this report does not make.
Found in the review, with no demonstrated relation to what you asked for.
Act
Make one of these actions stand out from the others
Why we say this —On the first screen of these pages there are actions that share the same background, text color and font size. It appears on 5 of the 11 pages we reviewed.
Whoever arrives has to read them all to decide. When everything carries the same weight, nothing guides.
You will know it is done whenthose actions no longer share all three at once.
It appears on 5 of the 11 pages we reviewed. · at both widths
Where: /, /5, /agents, /reliable, /paths
Check before you touch it: we do not measure this.
What we do not know about this check: Partial. We stopped before finishing: of the visible links and buttons on this page, we stored 68 of 71.
Darken this text until it reaches 4.5:1 against its background
Why we say this —We measured 3.89: #117af3 on #f5faf6. It appears on 1 of the 11 pages we reviewed.
In low light, in bright light or with tired eyes, this text blends into the background. Anyone who does not read it, does not read it.
Lightening the background also works, or changing both. We give you one so you do not have to choose.
You will know it is done whenthat pair reaches 4.5:1.
It appears on 1 of the 11 pages we reviewed. · only on desktop (1280 px)
Where: /
The measurement: We measure against the reference the check itself brings: 4.5 to 1 for normal text and 3 to 1 for large text. We did not set it. We do not measure text that sits on an image or a gradient: the check cannot work out the background color, and those cases never get this far.
Confirm it with the eyedropper in the browser inspector: each of the color pairs listed in the full report now reaches its minimum
What we do not know about this check: Partial. Visible focus does not show in a still capture, so we did not check it.
Check before you touch it: we do not measure this.
What we do not know about this check: Partial. This check only covers the domains the page called while loading. We do not judge whether what the page does with those domains is lawful.
2 changes, in the order we would make them. If you are only going to change one thing, change the first one.
Where this order comes from: three things we measured — how much it overlaps with what you asked us for, whether we could check it fully or only partly, and on how many of the 11 reviewed pages it appears. What we checked fully goes before what we checked partly. We do not measure how much each change costs, so if the first is expensive and the third is one line, start with the third.
Make the main action look different from the rest
You check this yourself: we have no way of measuring whether it is done.
We looked at this in full and found nothing to fix.
Observed forms
Metadata and shareability
Other things we observed, none of which point to a problem.
There are 15 facts.
We counted 515 images on the pages we reviewed. 464 of them are declared as decorative.
The main heading of / says: “Manage projects, coordinate teams, and master your company with Basecamp.”.
The main heading of /pricing says: “No per-user fees, everyone’s included. Just clear, fixed prices.”.
The main heading of /live says: “people are working in Basecamp now”.
And 8 more.
11 of the 11 pages we reviewed have a title, a description and sharing data.
Metadata and shareability
We looked at it on every page we read and found nothing to flag.
Observed forms
We looked at it on every page we read and found nothing to flag.
What its forms ask for
A form without a title inside the form itself. If there is a heading just above it but outside it, we do not count it.
A form without a title of its own asks for 2 details. 1 of them is required. It is on /, /pricing and on 9 more pages.
A form without a title of its own asks for 5 details. 3 of them are required. It is on /support.
Why it matters: Every detail asked for before getting an answer is one more decision for whoever fills it in.
We counted what the form asked for when it opened; it may ask for more as you go. We only see the forms the page declares as forms.
What we checked and what was left out
This report looks at this site at 390 pixels wide, with the same checks we run on desktop. There are three things specific to mobile that we do not check yet: the size of what has to be tapped, whether the phone zooms in on the page when a field is tapped, and what text size is left afterwards. That we do not name them does not mean they are fine: it means we have not looked at them.
We read 11 pages on desktop, and all of them could also be read on mobile.
Consent notice: we could not determine whether there was one on 11 of the 11 pages of this review. On those pages, what we describe is what loaded before we responded to anything; if the notice exists, content that only appears afterwards may be missing.
We read 11 of the 43 pages we found linked from the one you gave us. We start with the pages in the main navigation; footer links go last. Besides the page you gave us, we read up to 10 more pages per diagnostic. Here we reached that limit.
What we did and on what
We read 11 pages on October 11, 2026. We have 3 findings, in 3 groups.
How we chose which pages to read. We followed the links on basecamp.com and found 86 anchors. 29 were repeated and 14 pointed outside the site.
We ran 6 checks. Complete: 2. Partial: 4. Not measured: 0.
https://basecamp.com/
https://basecamp.com/pricing
https://basecamp.com/live
https://basecamp.com/support/testimonials
https://basecamp.com/5
https://basecamp.com/agents
https://basecamp.com/about
https://basecamp.com/features
https://basecamp.com/reliable
https://basecamp.com/support
https://basecamp.com/paths
We ran 6 checks. Complete: 2. Partial: 4. Not measured: 0.
With that, we flag 2 changes. In 1 case, we hold back.
Where we did not look
Each abstention with its cause and its scope. Absence of observation is not absence of the problem.
Computed accessibility
Partial. Visible focus does not show in a still capture, so we did not check it.
Navigation and links
Partial. We checked links with no declared destination, but we did not follow any, so we do not detect a link that leads to a page that does not exist.
First screen and calls to action
Partial. We stopped before finishing: of the visible links and buttons on this page, we stored 68 of 71.
Third parties and consent
Partial. This check only covers the domains the page called while loading. We do not judge whether what the page does with those domains is lawful.
Comparison with a reference population
We do not yet compare this site with any reference corpus.
LIMITS OF THIS REVIEW
These observations are limited to the reviewed pages listed above.
The pages we did not read are not in these observations: nothing this report says refers to them.
What we count as a link or button: links, buttons, controls that submit a form, and anything that declares a link or button role. If something acts as a control without declaring itself one, we do not see it.
We measure contrast against the reference the check itself comes with: 4.5 to 1 for normal text and 3 to 1 for large text. It is not a threshold of our own. We do not measure text placed over an image or a gradient: the check cannot determine the background color, and those cases do not reach these observations.
This review looked at the site in its light version. If the site changes its appearance when the computer or phone is in dark mode, that version has not been looked at, and what we say here about contrast does not apply to it.
This review was done from the Netherlands, within the European Union. A visitor from outside the European Union may not see the same thing: some sites change depending on where they are requested from.
Fixed layers are measured in each of the windows used in this review. At another window size, the part of the first screen that is covered changes, and a layer that covers nothing in one window may cover something in another.
We do not count images declared as decorative: an image is declared decorative with alt="", and that is a choice made by whoever put it there. We trust that declaration; we do not check whether the image really is decorative.
When we review the declared type of a field, we go by its name and its label. We do not check what is typed into it, so a field whose name does not announce what it expects can go by without us flagging it.
You wrote “A general review” as your goal. We could not relate what you wrote to what we know how to check, so we ordered the report without taking it into account. That is a limit on our side.
This review abstains on 5 points. Each one, with its cause and its scope, is under “Where we did not look”.
The measurements, one by one
On 5 of the 11 pages we reviewed, the first screen has links and buttons that share the same background, text color and font size.
F4 · First screen and calls to action
Their appearance does not separate one action from another: someone arriving has no visual cue to choose by.
It appears on 5 of the 11 pages we reviewed. Among them: /, /5, /agents. Plus 2 more.
at both widths
The count for each page
https://basecamp.com/ · 12
https://basecamp.com/5 · 2
https://basecamp.com/agents · 3
https://basecamp.com/reliable · 2
https://basecamp.com/paths · 14
Where it is
a,button
About this check: Partial. We stopped before finishing: of the visible links and buttons on this page, we stored 68 of 71.
If you decide to change it: Change the style of whichever one should be the main action. We have not tested the change, so we do not know what else is affected.
There are 7 pieces of text that barely stand out from their background.
F1 · Computed accessibility
Why it matters: It is hard to read against the color behind it.
It is on /.
only on desktop (1280 px)
We measure against the reference the check itself brings: 4.5 to 1 for normal text and 3 to 1 for large text. We did not set it. We do not measure text that sits on an image or a gradient: the check cannot work out the background color, and those cases never get this far.
The measured colors, with their page
Aa3.89The text is #117af3 on #f5faf6 · 7 times on https://basecamp.com/ · it says “Pricing & sign up”
About this check: Partial. Visible focus does not show in a still capture, so we did not check it.
If you decide to change it: Change one color in the stylesheet. We have not tested the change, so we do not know what else is affected.
On all 11 pages we reviewed, 1 external domain loads before anyone touches anything.
F6 · Third parties and consent
They showed up in the first load. We report this as an observation: we make no judgment about legal compliance.
They are: dash.37signals.com.
It appears on 11 of the 11 pages we reviewed. Among them: /, /pricing, /live. Plus 8 more.
at both widths
Where it is
network
About this check: Partial. This check only covers the domains the page called while loading. We do not judge whether what the page does with those domains is lawful.
No fix proposed: this is a decision worth consulting on.
censo-de-formularios.v1 · we do not count: hidden, submit, button, reset, image and the anti-spam tokens · the fields marked aria-hidden · the search fields: they do not ask for details about the person; they are a navigation control · the fields that appear while typing or in later steps: they are not guessed
Selection rule
not recorded
These versions identify the instrument, not the exact wording: the same version can cover later wording corrections.
Requested address
https://basecamp.com
Final address
https://basecamp.com/
Reading
Read on October 11, 2026. Sites change.
Examples made on public home pages. They imply no commercial relationship, engagement, validation or approval on the part of the brands analyzed.
If you own one of these sites and do not want its report here, write to us and we will take it down the same day. You do not have to explain why.
