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>Finally, we can choose colors which are not strictly grey. The HN background is a rather usable 244/244/235 - not far outside of light grey, but tan enough to
by jasode 10y ago
>Finally, we can choose colors which are not strictly grey. The HN background is a rather usable 244/244/235 - not far outside of light grey, but tan enough to provide more contrast than the pure brightness
The key for HN readability is that the foreground text color is #000 -- pure black. (Pressing F12 in the web browser shows css style ".c00 {color = #000000;}").
Like dredmorbius previously mentioned, shifting the background from pure white to a subtle shade of tan doesn't kill readability when you keep the text at #000. It's when designers make the text itself a light gray that makes it unreadable.
- Bartweiss 10y agoLargely agreed - my second bullet was about only ever shifting one of text/background. I'm not certain that darkening backgrounds is more readable than lightening text, but it wouldn't surprise me. And in a broader design sense, darkening backgrounds is better for the sort of dark room reading Flux helps with, so it seems obviously preferable on that level.
- tomtheelder 10y agoI actually custom style HN just a little because I find the solid black text to be way to stark on the background. I use #222 instead and find the experience a lot more pleasant. I think this is a preferences thing. For me, solid black text almost always looks jarring, and is almost universally a worse reading experience than a dark grey.