Please add a high-contrast "dark" theme #2166

jbruchon commented 2025年10月10日 05:10:33 +02:00

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All of the "dark" themes have darker gray backgrounds with dark-to-medium-bright content. This makes every "dark" theme low-contrast which is difficult to read at some screen sizes and distances, and hurts to look at for long periods. The only options for comfortable reading are light themes.

A dark theme should ideally be similar to a color-inverted light theme, not "make most of the screen orbit 30% gray." That number is not arbitrary; in the highest-contrast theme codeberg-dark the background is 10.8% bright and the comment text is 50.8% bright. The background should be near-black or black and the darkest text should be at worst 80%-90% bright.

Attached is a comparison image I threw together very quickly to demonstrate the difference.

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### Comment All of the "dark" themes have darker gray backgrounds with dark-to-medium-bright content. This makes every "dark" theme low-contrast which is difficult to read at some screen sizes and distances, and hurts to look at for long periods. The only options for comfortable reading are light themes. A dark theme should ideally be similar to a color-inverted light theme, not "make most of the screen orbit 30% gray." That number is not arbitrary; in the highest-contrast theme `codeberg-dark` the background is 10.8% bright and the comment text is 50.8% bright. The background should be near-black or black and the darkest text should be at worst 80%-90% bright. Attached is a comparison image I threw together very quickly to demonstrate the difference.