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by mrob 2553 days ago
>What more do you want?

100% contrast. People went to great effort to achieve the highest possible contrast in print, e.g. with barium sulfate coated paper, optical brighteners in paper, single-use carbon film typewriter ribbons, oil based inks so pigments could be used instead of dyes, etc. Contrast is good. The only good reason I can think of to use less than 100% is for syntax highlighting.
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chrisseaton 2553 days ago
People don't want contrast that is too high or too low.

http://reports-archive.adm.cs.cmu.edu/anon/itc/CMU-ITC-089.p...

The accessibility guidelines account for this.

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mrob 2553 days ago
#000000 on #ffffff passes the guidelines with AAA level too. If it strains your eyes then your monitor is set too bright.
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chrisseaton 2553 days ago
Well we could also say that if the contrast on this website is too low then your monitor is not set bright enough.

Ultimately it's a matter of taste isn't it?

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