Palermo
Palermo is a Squarespace theme by Squarespace (Free). Tested on 2026-09-15 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 56 for mobile speed and 73 for desktop speed, 92/92 for SEO and 94/93 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100).
Mobile56
Desktop73
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 56 | 73 |
| SEO | 92 | 92 |
| Accessibility | 94 | 93 |
| Best practices | 100 | 100 |
Single preset · measured 2 times since 2026-09-14 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.
Why not 100 — Palermo home page
Mobile
Speed 56 · 44 points to gain
- −25 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −8.7 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −7 Speed Index medium effort
- −3.3 Total Blocking Time medium effort
- 1.9 s Reduce unused JavaScript high effort
- 750 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort
SEO 92 · 8 points to gain
- −7.7 Document does not have a meta description low effort
Accessibility 94 · 6 points to gain
- −6 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
Desktop
Speed 73 · 27 points to gain
- −17 Cumulative Layout Shift medium effort
- −8.5 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −1.5 Speed Index medium effort
- 320 ms Reduce unused JavaScript high effort
- 160 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort
SEO 92 · 8 points to gain
- −7.7 Document does not have a meta description low effort
Accessibility 93 · 7 points to gain
- −6.5 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| Palermo default demo ↗ | 56 | 92 | 94 | 73 | 92 | 93 | 2026-09-14 |
| home ↗ | 56 | 92 | 94 | 73 | 92 | 93 | 2026-09-14 |
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