The dark theme on the forum is less red. :(

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#1

I switched the forum to the dark theme, and discovered that all the red tints are suddenly blue. I’m experiencing inner turmoil of a Shakespearean scale, as I’m forced to choose between my two favourite colours: red and ｄａｒｋｎｅｓｓ.

Please advise.

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#2

STAND BY, incoming red darkness.

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#3

Yes hello, I have been summoned. :eyes:

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#4

So… they’re now the same, but I’m not convinced. The accessibility contrast ratio fails for one; let me tweak it a bit :grimacing:

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#5

I will say that accessibility is a cause worth sacrificing some aesthetic sensibility for

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#6

Will leave it as is with the brand red for now — too light and the notification/profile menu starts to go haywire.

#7

Where are you seeing a failure against WACG standards? I just switched to dark theme and at a glance my main concerns for this would be:

  • Username of the person you are replying to in the editor
  • The Reply button itself
  • The thread reading progress bar in the bottom right.

Given that a dark theme is, itself, a massive accessibility benefit, it’d be great to figure out a good way to address these areas of poor contrast :smiley:

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#8

Those were the ones! :slight_smile:

All fixed now, the dark theme meets the standards with a lighter red, and introducing…

The Ultra Dark Theme, for serious witchcraft & wizardry.

Screenshot 2020-06-06 at 13.59.46

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#9

hastily enables said theme

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#10

Ooh, I guessed well! (I had to focus on accessibility a lot in a past job… plus I super care about it :heart: )

Edit - both now look really readable, the Ultra Dark is especially nice!

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#11

Now that is more like it! :black_heart::heart:

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#12

One day, this will be known as The One True Theme

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#13

UDT :+1:t2::heart::wave:t2: - nothing more to say (except I had to because of the character limit)

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