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I think that pure white (255) and pure black (0) should be using extremely sparingly. #FFFFFF? Why not #f6f6ef or #eceff4? Lower contrast can improve legibility, too much contrast can hinder it. #000000? Why not #121821, a dark shade of blue? Nothing in real life is perfectly dark.

Thankfully HN has remained pleasingly off-white.

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> improve legibility

Hilarious how this downvoted comment proves it is not. (Update: it became black again)

There should be a special place in hell for those light-grey-text-loving designers.

They did not claim not enough contrast is impossible.

It's possible to have contrast too low, that doesn't mean maximum contrast is the best. Even HN doesn't go full black on white, the background is off-white.

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