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> The problem is the contrast ratios. The contrast between 0% black and 100% white on a good screen is so high, it physically causes pain, even migraines. Mayb
by twanvl 9y ago
> The problem is the contrast ratios. The contrast between 0% black and 100% white on a good screen is so high, it physically causes pain, even migraines.
Maybe that means you need to turn down your screen's brightness.
- kuschku 9y agoNo, that’d be exactly the wrong solution. Because then displaying color-calibrated content on your display (such as movies, games, photos) is also completely distorted. Instead, we need a way to specify CSS colors relative to a colorspace and contrast ratio.
- leni536 9y ago>CSS colors It's called sRGB and it supposedly has a "black point" which is not entirely black. Nobody uses it though, on photos it would be useless. Also for me black on white is perfectly fine in a well lit room. White on pitch black is indeed problematic. Anyway, it could be a user/browser preference instead of a designer preference. Lowering brightness shouldn't distort color-calibration too. You are supposed to match your brightness to the surrounding lighting too.
- kuschku 9y ago> Lowering brightness shouldn't distort color-calibration too. You are supposed to match your brightness to the surrounding lighting too. Correct, but it requires recalibration if you lower the brightness (as no screen has a perfectly flat curve)