You can lower contrast somewhat without making text unreadable, this site suggests #333 on #fff. https://ia.net/know-how/100e2r https://ia.net/know-how/100e2r

You can lower contrast somewhat without making text unreadable, this site suggests #333 on #fff. https://ia.net/know-how/100e2r https://ia.net/know-how/100e2r I think the lowest contrast that is still somewhat acceptable for me is the solarized theme, but even that goes over too close to the low contrast end: http://ethanschoonover.com/solarized http://ethanschoonover.com/solarized