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8chanAnon10/01/20242 repliesview on HN

Is there a happy in-between? Maybe not. What looks perfect to one user might appear atrocious to another. What is a poor website operator to do???

I dislike black-on-white and don't understand gray-on-black which seems to be popular now due to gamma settings being cranked up to 11 or something. I try to use some color as an in-between but that may take some time to "perfect".


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gabrielsroka10/01/2024

Even Google Chrome's Lighthouse said that your background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.

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pwg10/02/2024

> Is there a happy in-between?

Since browsers allow users to configure a default font and background color then one possible "happy in-between" would be to set no background color, and set no font color, thereby allowing each user agent (i.e., browser) to display the site with that user's default background and font colors.

In that case, each viewer should get their preferred colors, all without you doing anything.