Re:Please Stop Using Grey Text
by marcosdumay on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @10:51AM
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I really dislike that kind of argument. It's not because it's wrong, but because it's not right either.
A monitor can easily be adjusted so that the contrast between #000 and #fff isn't too much. In fact, most displays have a setting named "contrast" just for that, but what actually makes things too bright is the "brightness" one, that is usually more prominent. People will have opinions all over the place about it, because they do get results all over the place.
Instead, yes, you should avoid using the extrema. But that's because if you use them in a normal situation, you won't have any more extreme values when you need them in a special situation. People should be able to change the color schema anyway, so you are better with a functional choice.
A monitor can easily be adjusted so that the contrast between #000 and #fff isn't too much. In fact, most displays have a setting named "contrast" just for that, but what actually makes things too bright is the "brightness" one, that is usually more prominent. People will have opinions all over the place about it, because they do get results all over the place.
Instead, yes, you should avoid using the extrema. But that's because if you use them in a normal situation, you won't have any more extreme values when you need them in a special situation. People should be able to change the color schema anyway, so you are better with a functional choice.