58 Bytes of CSS to look great nearly everywhere

Re:58 Bytes of CSS to look great nearly everywhere by kevingrahl on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @05:14AM (#19612968)

Assuming I can’t change my background color to anything else than #000000, what kind of text color would you suggest other than #fff to improve readability?

I struggled with this problem a lot when I redesigned my website recently. I wanted a pure black background mainly for Amoleds (and because I love it) but couldn’t settle on a text color other than white. The problem I had was due to all those color shifting night modes like f.lux or iOS’s Night Shift. Once I used that on top of a tinted white, the text looked way to colorful which I thought to be distracting.

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Re:58 Bytes of CSS to look great nearly everywhere by markbernard on Thursday April 11, 2019 @11:52AM (#19635868)

I hate websites with black backgrounds. It makes my eyes swim. I always turn off colour or just skip them.

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Re:58 Bytes of CSS to look great nearly everywhere by kevingrahl on Thursday April 11, 2019 @03:19PM (#19638180)

Thanks for the input. I personally love it, plus it saves energy!

Once I figured out a good way to let my users change from Night Mode (dark bg) to Day Mode (white bg) without any scripts I plan to implement that as an option.

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Re:58 Bytes of CSS to look great nearly everywhere by DanBC on Thursday April 11, 2019 @03:22PM (#19638214)

If you insist on a black background (and I think that's less accessible) you should chose a font that is off-white toward yellow. Something like ffffee.

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