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That's exactly what the article says, right at the beginning > If dark mode is a characteristic of your brand, please ensure you choose a comfortable contrast
by charles_f 2y ago
That's exactly what the article says, right at the beginning
> If dark mode is a characteristic of your brand, please ensure you choose a comfortable contrast ratio for the text.
- gabeio 2y agoI think the poster was talking about phrasing, “dark mode” implies there are modes to switch. The article seems to incorrectly be conflating dark mode vs dark themes. Dark themes tend to be unadjustable. IMHO I usually just flip to the reader mode on my phone browser or desktop browser when I don’t like the theme of a website. This obviously doesn’t work for all websites but it’s a nice work around since most reader modes allow you to adjust coloring yourself.
- benatkin 2y agoThey actually are saying that nobody should have dark mode sites, except watered down ones. What are these "dark-mode" (misnomer) sites that don't have a comfortable contrast ratio? I know there are some, but I think they're including a broad swath of primarily light-on-dark sites in this group. Adjust the brightness on your screen. X's is pretty good, the background is #000000 and there is some #ffffff content, the text is a bit farther from #ffffff than I'd like but pretty close. https://colorpalettecombos.netlify.app/ https://colorpalettecombos.netlify.app/
- oooyay 2y agoCuriously, the contrast ratio wasn't a good signal for me. The white on black text didn't strain my eyes but this did: > However, light gray text on a dark gray background is easy on my eyes. Here the background is #666 and the text is #E0E0E0 which creates a contrast ratio of 4.34:1.
- mmis1000 2y agoGithub used to do this. The result is their dark mode isn't useful for anyone. However, They revamped their color scheme later and made it comfortable to read.