I finally stopped using pure black backgrounds after a dev showed me my eyes were literally hurting

For like 2 years I was designing dark mode with #000000 as my main bg color. I thought it looked clean and modern. Then a developer buddy screen shared my design and pointed out the eye strain from the harsh contrast. He showed me how his team uses dark gray like #121212 instead and my eyes relaxed immediately. I tested it on my own phone at night and realized I was basically staring into a void this whole time. Now I never go below #1a1a2e for backgrounds unless it's for specific accent areas. Has anyone else had that weird guilt switch from pure black to near-black and felt silly about it?

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kevin_murray885d ago

Yeah, we all love realizing we've been making things worse for ourselves for years.

uma_patel195d ago

Six months of dry brushing and I finally realize it was just wrecking my skin barrier the whole time. Thanks for that, @kevin_murray88, you really put the nail in the coffin for all my bad habits.