Notes

Planning Dark Mode with OKLCH Colors

Today’s work involved dark mode planning. We need more colors at the ends of the spectrum to make this work. While I was at it, I figured I’d clean up some design debt by snapping the colors to precise, similar lightness values.

Color palette in Huetone
Color palette in Huetone

Working in oklch color space is wonderful for this. I think it’ll be essential for supporting user-generated themes, as it allows us control over contrast at runtime.