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As with how the dark-mode colours are generated using not fully black as the darkest, similarly it may be beneficial to not use 100 % white as the lightest colour in light-mode.
It is also possible that 100 % black and white should always be avoided.
Also in this interview we are given some examples on how light is a "bigger" part of the visuals we see, compared to colour-information as there are more "receptors" being able to read light than there is for colour in the eye: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-CZial5VkU
Suggested experiments and further investigation:
Always stay at least 2 % off of either extreme (minimum 2 % light and maximum 98 % light) - how would this change the theme-builder?
Investigate (further desk-study) what is considered to be too much contrast, is there a value in either /both wcag 2 and APCA contrast calculations that can be used as a baseline?
This discussion was converted from issue #4007 on October 31, 2025 11:58.
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As with how the dark-mode colours are generated using not fully black as the darkest, similarly it may be beneficial to not use 100 % white as the lightest colour in light-mode.
It is also possible that 100 % black and white should always be avoided.
https://www.w3.org/TR/wcag-3.0/#maximum-text-contrast
https://accessibility.huit.harvard.edu/use-sufficient-color-contrast
https://okse.no/artikler/wcag3
https://www.a11y-collective.com/blog/common-mistakes-with-using-colour-in-accessibility/
Also in this interview we are given some examples on how light is a "bigger" part of the visuals we see, compared to colour-information as there are more "receptors" being able to read light than there is for colour in the eye:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-CZial5VkU
Suggested experiments and further investigation:
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