Web Development

The Grayscale Problem

Last year, a study found that cars are steadily getting less colourful. In the US, around 80% of cars are now black, white, gray, or silver, up from 60% in 2004. This trend has been attributed to cost savings and consumer preferences. Whatever the reasons, the result is hard to deny: a big part of

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The thing about contrast-color

One of our favorites, Andy Clarke, on the one thing keeping the CSS contrast-color() function from true glory: For my website design, I chose a dark blue background colour (#212E45) and light text (#d3d5da). This colour is off-white to soften the contrast between background and foreground colours, while maintaining a decent level for accessibility considerations.

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