/* The dark stylesheet is the only place we set custom colors besides * border colors for inline text. Make sure the perceptual contrast * stays within the ideal APCA ranges, not lower and preferably not * higher either. */ @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) { button, html, input { /* Pure white on black causes halation. * "background" is short for a bunch of unnecessary CSS rules * background-color is all I need. * This is the brightest background that still achieves an APCA * contrast of 90 Lc.*/ background-color: #191919; /* Dimming the default text color is not the same as reducing screen * brightness, since other colors in this stylesheet have brighter * red and blue channels than the default text. */ color: #e6e6e6; } mark { color: #000; background-color: #eee8a7; } /* Only color if it's a link; if href is empty, let it be. */ a:link { color: #eee8a7; } a:visited { color: #ffd3ff; } /* Small text needs higher contrast. * Do not apply to "prefers-contrast: less" * Do not apply to "prefers-contrast: more" since * we override colors there. */ @media not (prefers-contrast) { sup a:link:not(:active) { color: #feb; } sup a:visited:not(:active) { color: #ffe6ff; } } /* For users who request less contrast, target ACPA Lc near -80 */ @media (prefers-contrast: less) { html, input { background-color: #444; } } /* For users who request more contrast, target ACPA Lc near -99. * I have a monitor with terrible contrast so I use * "prefers-contrast: more" and this amount works for me. People * complained that the lobste.rs dark theme has too much contrast, so * I made that my baseline and exceeded it ever so slightly. * * Also, this mode ensures that visited/un-visited links look very * different under red-green and blue-yellow color blindness. * Normally, they look very similar under blue-yellow color blindness. * * I sometimes use this mode when I need to set my brightness all the * way down. */ @media (prefers-contrast: more) { html, input { background-color: #0d0d0d; color: #f3f3f3; } a:link { color: #fff970; } a:visited { color: #ccfdff; } } /* Specified last so it overrides :visited. I chose this color because * it's dimmer, so it's noticeable even without color vision. However, * it still meets the experimental SAPC-APCA threshold for "spot" * contrast. */ a:active { color: #f83; } }