Dark mode is an increasingly popular accessibility option, from Twitter to Reddit to MacOS. But achieving the perfect grayscale site isn’t easy.

Image: screenshot from the article. We’re stepping a little outside our standard one-link-a-week format for this one. The TL;DR is that high contrast between background and text colors is important, ...

Dark mode is a specific setting on a mobile device, tablet, laptop or computer, that changes the default, white or light, screen background to a darker colour (typically dark grey or black).

Text used to be bold and dark set against lighter backgrounds. But websites including Twitter, Google and Apple are all moving towards designs involving less of a contrast between the text and the ...