That's one of the reasons for this principle:īackground and text colors should have high value contrast, because hue and saturation contrast are too dependent upon individual perception and monitor/printer representation.īy using text that is white (value = 255) and black (value = 0), you are limited to a value contrast with the background of at most 127 (the middle of that range). Too bad it looks like grasshopper vomit.įinally, keep in mind that any of the above versions will look very close to the grayscale version under certain kinds of colorblindness (dyschromatopsia and achromatopsia). IMO, the second version (slightly desaturated) isn't overwhelming and the text contrast is acceptable. Without the color saturation, the white and black text are too similar to the background, so they will be difficult and/or tiresome to read. Let's fully desaturate to see what I mean: But we're starting to run up against the problem that ecc's answer mentioned. Now it's more of a warm gray, and it doesn't look so bad. I think that looks ugly, but the black/white text is still fairly readable. Here's the same palette desaturated a bit:
GRAY AND BLACK BACKGROUND DESIGN FULL
But that color as a full page background would be overwhelming. The white and black text are acceptably readable (to me, at least). See this paletton, and imagine it with a heavier font: The right orange (and many other hues) can pull that off. There probably isn't a background color to solve that problem, so let's address the more interesting question.Ī background color that goes with both black and white foreground text color. I'll withold judgement until I actually see an image or link to your design, but it sounds like you're already trying to mix oil and water. Colors that don't go with black color background are not visible. Blank white 3d paper circle label with space for your content, business, network and web design Halftone randomized moire pattern.Black dot pattern. Foreground light blue, white, gray, yellow color texts are present. Vector Abstract futuristic circuit board on light gray background, hi-tech digital technology concept.