---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 84.86"
title: "45"
number: "84.86"
heading: "Conforming alternate versions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/84.86"
---

# §84.86. Conforming alternate versions.

- (a) A recipient may use conforming alternate versions of web content, as defined by WCAG 2.1, to comply with [§ 84.84](/cfr/45/84.84.md) only where it is not possible to make web content directly accessible due to technical or legal limitations.
- (b) WCAG 2.1 is incorporated by reference into this section with the approval of the Director of the Federal Register under 5 U.S.C. [552(a)](/usc/5/552.md?p=a) and [1](/usc/5/1.md) CFR [part 51](/cfr/45/part51.md). All material approved for incorporation by reference is available for inspection at HHS and at NARA. Contact HHS, OCR at: Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 200 Independence Ave. SW, Room 509F, HHH Building, Washington, DC 20201; phone: (202) 545-4884; email: 504@hhs.gov. For information on the availability of this material at NARA, visit www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations or email fr.inspection@nara.gov. The material may be obtained from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative (“WAI”), 401 Edgewater Place, Suite 600, Wakefield, MA 01880; phone: (339) 273-2711; email: contact@w3.org; website: www.w3.org/TR/2018/REC-WCAG21-20180605/ and https://perma.cc/UB8A-GG2F.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 89 FR 40193, May 9, 2024, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 29 U.S.C. 794.

### Source

Source: 42 FR 22677, May 4, 1977, unless otherwise noted.