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#666 is closer to dark grey than it is to light grey.

scarygliders 8y ago
Indeed. And #000 is closer to black than to grey, and makes for a better contrast to #ffffff, and hence easier to read for those of us mere mortals with eyesight problems. (p.s. apparently my original comment got downvoted - my apologies if my comment was somehow offensive in some manner to someone - I honestly thought I was making a good observation. Or perhaps it was a web designer who loves making reading web pages as difficult as possible by camouflaging text as much as they can get away with against a #ffffff background ;) )
- rocqua 8y ago
  Downvotes make text grayer, perhaps it was a communal attempt at humor?
  - scarygliders 8y ago
    That hadn't entered my head as a possibility - since I'm feeling mean, have an upvote to ensure your excellent comment stays black :)
- anonytrary 8y ago
  High contrast mode is nice for people with eyesight problems, yet it strains people with normal eyesight. More contrast leads to less cognitive ease for the average user.
  - mkesper 8y ago
    Please show the studies proving this.
defanor 8y ago
It is, but still doesn't meet WCAG's AAA requirements [1,2]. And then there's the blinding white background. Though those issues are common, and one can mitigate them with color overriding (supported by some web browsers) or a global CSS theme (Midnight Surfing [3], for instance). Edit: perhaps worth mentioning that contrary to what the grandparent comment says, I don't think one has to be familiar with how colors affect legibility if they are going to write about colors looking good on drawings. [1] https://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/visual-audio-contrast7.html https://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/visual-audio-cont... [2] https://contrastchecker.com/ https://contrastchecker.com/ [3] https://userstyles.org/styles/23516/midnight-surfing-global-dark-style https://userstyles.org/styles/23516/midnight-surfing-global-...

Indeed. And #000 is closer to black than to grey, and makes for a better contrast to #ffffff, and hence easier to read for those of us mere mortals with eyesight problems. (p.s. apparently my original comment got downvoted - my apologies if my comment was somehow offensive in some manner to someone - I honestly thought I was making a good observation. Or perhaps it was a web designer who loves making reading web pages as difficult as possible by camouflaging text as much as they can get away with against a #ffffff background ;) )

rocqua 8y ago
Downvotes make text grayer, perhaps it was a communal attempt at humor?
- scarygliders 8y ago
  That hadn't entered my head as a possibility - since I'm feeling mean, have an upvote to ensure your excellent comment stays black :)
anonytrary 8y ago
High contrast mode is nice for people with eyesight problems, yet it strains people with normal eyesight. More contrast leads to less cognitive ease for the average user.
- mkesper 8y ago
  Please show the studies proving this.

defanor 8y ago

It is, but still doesn't meet WCAG's AAA requirements [1,2]. And then there's the blinding white background. Though those issues are common, and one can mitigate them with color overriding (supported by some web browsers) or a global CSS theme (Midnight Surfing [3], for instance). Edit: perhaps worth mentioning that contrary to what the grandparent comment says, I don't think one has to be familiar with how colors affect legibility if they are going to write about colors looking good on drawings. [1] https://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/visual-audio-contrast7.html https://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/visual-audio-cont... [2] https://contrastchecker.com/ https://contrastchecker.com/ [3] https://userstyles.org/styles/23516/midnight-surfing-global-dark-style https://userstyles.org/styles/23516/midnight-surfing-global-...