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Cole

Cole is a Squarespace theme by Squarespace (Free). Tested on 2026-11-03 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 54 for mobile speed and 68 for desktop speed, 92/92 for SEO and 90/87 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100).

Mobile54
Cole home page on mobile
Desktop68
Cole home page on desktop

Scores

MobileDesktop
Speed5468
SEO9292
Accessibility9087
Best practices9696

Single preset · measured 10 times since 2026-10-12 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.

Why not 100 — Cole home page

Mobile

Speed 54 · 46 points to gain

  • −25 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
  • −10 First Contentful Paint medium effort
  • −9.6 Speed Index medium effort
  • −1.8 Total Blocking Time medium effort
  • 7.5 s Reduce unused JavaScript high effort
  • 900 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort

SEO 92 · 8 points to gain

  • −7.7 Document does not have a meta description low effort

Accessibility 90 · 10 points to gain

  • −4.9 Form elements do not have associated labels medium effort
  • −3.4 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
  • −1.5 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort

Best practices 96 · 4 points to gain

  • −3.8 Browser errors were logged to the console medium effort

Desktop

Speed 68 · 32 points to gain

  • −20.8 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
  • −9.6 Total Blocking Time medium effort
  • −1.1 Speed Index medium effort
  • 320 ms Reduce unused JavaScript high effort
  • 120 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort

SEO 92 · 8 points to gain

  • −7.7 Document does not have a meta description low effort

Accessibility 87 · 13 points to gain

  • −4.9 Form elements do not have associated labels medium effort
  • −3.4 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
  • −3.4 Touch targets do not have sufficient size or spacing. medium effort
  • −1.5 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort

Best practices 96 · 4 points to gain

  • −3.8 Browser errors were logged to the console medium effort

Presets and pages

Preset / pageSpeedSEOA11ySpeedSEOA11yTested
mobiledesktop
Cole default demo ↗ 549290689287 2026-11-03
home ↗ 549290689287 2026-11-03

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