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If you have something else other than text that you want to be the focus of the page like a photo, reducing the contrast on the text allows the photos "pop" mor
by foo_barrio 6y ago
If you have something else other than text that you want to be the focus of the page like a photo, reducing the contrast on the text allows the photos "pop" more if it using the range of light and dark.
My personal color schemes are all dark background and light grey text. So even in my world of IDEs, consoles, gvim, sublime and emacs where text is king, I prefer having less than 100% contrast between background/text. I am not using any kind of custom color scheme so at least 1 other person prefers this as well!
- dylan604 6y agoI come the world of video, and old enough to have spent time with graphics for SD. Specifically, NTSC compliant video. Since it was analog, there were severe consequences of color choices. Red was just a solid NO. On an 8-bit 0-255 scale, white was limited to 235, and black was limited to 16. The reasons for this are beyond the scope of this chat, but that limited range has still stuck with me. I never use #000 or #fff and opt for #111 to #eee for my limits. Seems like a decent enough compromise in web graphics.