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From: Olaf Drümmer
Date: Apr 14, 2014 4:02PM

I know people who suffer when contrast is very high.

As it will be impossible to find a contrast that suits everyone, it is important:
- not to absolutely enforce any specific minimum or maximum level of contrast
- and instead ensure that contrast can be adjusted as needed

Caveat: As a starting point, a clear contrast will always be helpful, as it can be dimmed down by those who wish to. A contrast that is essentially non-existing cannot be made stronger.

My 2 cents…

Olaf


On 14 Apr 2014, at 23:35, "Iaffaldano, Michelangelo" < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> WCAG are explicit about insufficient brightness and colour contrast between text and background. But is there such a thing as too much contrast? I've read a bit about scotopic sensitivity syndrome in relation to dyslexia. I have also recently heard that black text on white is not ideal for people with astigmatism (although I am one and have not noticed this effect).
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> I avoid pure black text on white in my designs but that's mostly out of personal taste, since I don't have any solid data to back the point. Do you good people have any user testing data or other direct experience in support of (or against) this idea?