I picked a true black background over dark gray for my reading app and my eyes thanked me after 3 nights | Dark Mode Design

Fiona Lewis · 2026-09-21T17:10:03.503021+00:00

I run a small reading app and for months I used #1a1a1a as my background because that's what everyone says to do. Then I switched to true black #000000 for the OLED screen and after 3 nights of reading in bed my eyes felt way less tired. The catch is text contrast, I had to bump my body text down to #e0e0e0 instead of pure white so it did not glow too hard. Has anyone else gone full black and regretted it later?

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