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Contrast ratios don’t go away in light mode. The contrast ratio of black-on-white is the same as white-on-black.

Curious then what is the real driver of these issues? If accessibility teaches us anything, it’s that there’s certainly no one size fits all. But it’s gonna be hard to update the standards or make plugins/tweaks successfully unless we get at the root of it.



> Contrast ratios don’t go away in light mode. The contrast ratio of black-on-white is the same as white-on-black.

WCAG is known to be inaccurate for dark mode because contrast ratios do change when you switch the color order. See this improved way to measure contrast that takes this into account:

https://git.apcacontrast.com/documentation/APCAeasyIntro.htm...




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