--- title: GitHub Dark Mode is too Dark | daily.dev description: GitHub’s dark mode colors are darker than their counterparts in other apps. This can make it harder to read text. For something as important as code review,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/github-dark-mode-is-too-dark-84fytgbh7f twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: GitHub Dark Mode is too Dark | daily.dev og:description: GitHub’s dark mode colors are darker than their counterparts in other apps. This can make it harder to read text. For something as important as code review,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/github-dark-mode-is-too-dark-84fytgbh7f og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/84fytGbH7f.png og:image:alt: GitHub Dark Mode is too Dark og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # GitHub Dark Mode is too Dark **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 29 upvotes · 5 comments ## Summary GitHub’s dark mode colors are darker than their counterparts in other apps. This can make it harder to read text. For something as important as code review, I’m using GitHub light mode. The red / green for code diffs looks super off to me. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@noahdunbar** · 2 upvotes > It's perfectly fine. I'm someone who can have a tough time seeing things with low contrast, but never once have I had any sort of trouble with dark mode. **@berkmann18** · 1 upvotes > I totally disagree, it's dark enough (and I say this as someone who used many dark theme variants on GH, and who uses dark themes in general alongside some light ones). **@neeraj1005** · 1 upvotes > yes! it is too dark comparison to others...So I switched back dark to light in GitHub...:) **@love2aman** · 0 upvotes > yes thats what i also felt. But lets hope some tweaks coming soon to customize it in near future. ;) **@error404\_sp** · 0 upvotes > Thanks for sharing. I learnt a lot about contrasts today. --- Tags: [#general-programming](https://daily.dev/tags/general-programming), [#github](https://daily.dev/tags/github) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/github-dark-mode-is-too-dark-84fytgbh7f) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"GitHub Dark Mode is too Dark","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/github-dark-mode-is-too-dark-84fytgbh7f","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/github-dark-mode-is-too-dark-84fytgbh7f"},"datePublished":"2020-12-13T00:36:17.826Z","dateModified":"2021-10-07T14:17:10.317Z","description":"GitHub’s dark mode colors are darker than their counterparts in other apps. 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I’m someone who can have a tough time seeing things with low contrast, but never once have I had any sort of trouble with dark mode.","datePublished":"2020-12-16T22:55:52.891Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/84fytGbH7f#c-_0T1Z5Nia","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Noah Dunbar","url":"https://daily.dev/noahdunbar","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto/v1633035756/avatars/XseMSIzip"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"I totally disagree, it’s dark enough (and I say this as someone who used many dark theme variants on GH, and who uses dark themes in general alongside some light ones).","datePublished":"2020-12-21T16:28:55.416Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/84fytGbH7f#c-fxFGdJd5f","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Maximilian Berkmann","url":"https://daily.dev/berkmann18","image":"https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/8260834?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"yes! it is too dark comparison to others…So I switched back dark to light in GitHub…:)","datePublished":"2020-12-13T05:16:27.753Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/84fytGbH7f#c-yOtizmFq3","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Neeraj Singh Tangariya","url":"https://daily.dev/neeraj1005","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a-/AOh14GjX9wb8Rxn2w3QhkBxwR465ZOzsMUAYCuqGnUwwrQ=s100"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"yes thats what i also felt. But lets hope some tweaks coming soon to customize it in near future. ;)","datePublished":"2020-12-19T17:55:32.214Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/84fytGbH7f#c-IG4DOdQkl","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Aman Raj","url":"https://daily.dev/love2aman","image":"https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/32329433?v=4"}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Thanks for sharing. I learnt a lot about contrasts today.","datePublished":"2020-12-16T15:50:18.062Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/84fytGbH7f#c-90aPOcxz2","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Shreyasi Patil","url":"https://daily.dev/error404_sp","image":"https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/53648200?v=4"}}]} ```