The bar near my apartment uses pure black backgrounds and it hurts my eyes every time

I grabbed a coffee at this place called The Grind on 5th Street last night and they have their menu on a big screen with black backgrounds and white text. It's like a 10 on the contrast scale which sounds good on paper but my eyes were watering after 30 seconds. Why do people think dark mode means #000000 black? I use #1A1A2E for my own app projects and it's way easier on the eyes. Anyone else notice this trend of cranking the contrast way too high?

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lee_barnes707d ago

Man I used to think high contrast was the way to go but you totally changed my mind with that hex code, gonna have to try it out.

kevin_murray886d ago

High contrast was the way to go" - yeah I was the same way for years. I actually heard this designer talk about how using softer tones makes the colors pop more somehow. You ever notice that in nature, like how a sunset looks better with those subtle gradients? Definitely give that hex a shot, curious what you think.