alt Hacker NewsDark/charcoal grey is better than pure black for text. But it's still dark enough that most people would call it black.
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carlosjobim • today at 3:35 AM
It's not, that's a myth. The blackest black your monitor is capable of is best for text.
mr-pink • today at 3:42 AM
so wrong
The problem is contrast, really. Some color combos are terrible, and you also have issues with color-blindness (which is why gray is used a lot).
Gray text, against a gray background, can suck.
I’m getting on in years, and low-contrast text affects me a lot more, these days, than it used to.