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5 Lessons We Learned Adding Dark Mode to WorkOS

What's this blog post about?

Designing a dark mode version of an app presents its own set of challenges, including ensuring accessibility for users with varying vision capabilities and maintaining visual hierarchy. WorkOS recently implemented a dark mode feature and shared some lessons learned during the process. These include measuring contrast ratio to meet accessibility requirements, avoiding pure black colors to prevent eye strain, re-evaluating color palettes for better readability on dark backgrounds, establishing visual hierarchy through elevation colors, and giving users the option to choose their preferred theme.

Company
WorkOS

Date published
Aug. 12, 2021

Author(s)
Zeno Rocha

Word count
853

Hacker News points
7

Language
English


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