--- title: The Future of CSS: Easy Light-Dark Mode Color Switching... description: CSS now comes with a utility function named light-dark(). This function allows you to change a color value based on whether Light Mode or Dark Mode is being... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-future-of-css-easy-light-dark-mode-color-switching-with-light-dark--01rgox9mw twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The Future of CSS: Easy Light-Dark Mode Color Switching with light-dark() | daily.dev og:description: CSS now comes with a utility function named light-dark(). This function allows you to change a color value based on whether Light Mode or Dark Mode is being... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-future-of-css-easy-light-dark-mode-color-switching-with-light-dark--01rgox9mw og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/01rgOx9mw.png og:image:alt: The Future of CSS: Easy Light-Dark Mode Color Switching with light-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. # The Future of CSS: Easy Light-Dark Mode Color Switching with light-dark() **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 5 min read · 162 upvotes · 3 comments ## Summary CSS now comes with a utility function named light-dark(). This function allows you to change a color value based on whether Light Mode or Dark Mode is being used. It is an intermediary step towards a final solution for responding to different color schemes. ## 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. **@palmiak** · 4 upvotes > This is so much better (visually) than the media query. Can't wait for Chrome and Safari to add it too. **@narcco** · 1 upvotes > nice , they made it with python right ? ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#css](https://daily.dev/tags/css) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-future-of-css-easy-light-dark-mode-color-switching-with-light-dark--01rgox9mw) ```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":"The Future of CSS: Easy Light-Dark Mode Color Switching with light-dark()","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-future-of-css-easy-light-dark-mode-color-switching-with-light-dark--01rgox9mw","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-future-of-css-easy-light-dark-mode-color-switching-with-light-dark--01rgox9mw"},"datePublished":"2023-10-12T08:45:00.572Z","dateModified":"2023-12-07T12:02:45.284Z","description":"CSS now comes with a utility function named light-dark(). 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