Thank you to the winner of our redesign contest, Ethan Duke! The background and wordmark are both his work. You can check him out on both Instagram and Twitter at @theduke2442! The dark mode was designed by Gwenanenn.
una.im | Modern CSS theming with light-dark(), contrast-color(), and style queries
Combine three new CSS features to build fully adaptive themed components.
Dark mode & accessibility myth by Stéphanie Walter - UX Researcher & Designer.
Dark mode isn't always better for accessibility, you need to let users chose. And if you build a dark theme, make it accessible!
prefers-color-scheme: Hello darkness, my old friend | Articles | web.dev
Many devices now support an operating system wide dark mode or dark theme experience. This post explains how dark mode can be supported on web pages, lists best practices, and introduces a custom element named dark-mode-toggle that allows web developers to offer users a way to override their operating system level preference on specific web pages.
Dark mode with web standards
Implementing dark mode with minimal JavaScript and standard CSS
Dark Patterns Won - Ron Bronson
Many moons ago, I used to post a lot on Twitter about so-called deceptive design/dark patterns that proliferate consumer UIs. There were sites
The Élite Heat of “Blackbird Spyplane”
The Oakland-based newsletter has created a new way of talking about style and design.
🧛 Official Dracula & Alucard Theme - Kagi Search Theme
A modern and sleek custom theme for Kagi that follows the styling rules of the very popular [Dracula theme](https://draculatheme.com). **Features** - Automatic dark and light mode based on system - All(?) elements have been skinned - Responsive to desktop, tablet & mobile **Install** - Go to Appearance and change theme to "Default" - Enable Custom CSS, paste content of custom.css and save **[Github repo](https://github.com/dracula/kagi)**
Using CSS to fix the irradiation illusion · November 29, 2025
How to adjust perceived font weight in dark mode without layout shift
The Dark Mode Toggle Discourse
How the dark mode toggle discourse unfolded One designer's argument against the classic light/dark/system three-way switch turned into weeks of blog rebuttals, parody posts, and "do you even need a toggle at all?" takes. The timeline Aug 1…
OS X Aqua - Kagi Search Theme
A custom theme that's inspired by old school Apple's OS X Aqua theme. Has both Dark and Light mode that changes based on your system settings. ** [Github repo](https://github.com/Visnes/kagi-aqua/) ** Do the following: Go to Appearance → Change theme to "Default", not "Light" or "Dark" → Enable Custom CSS & Paste custom.css → Save changes
Smart Layout Patterns with Modern CSS with KEVIN POWELL – SmashingConf Amsterdam 2026
LukeW | The Convergence of Design
After seeing lots of posts over the years arguing that design has become homogenized, I decided to pull together historical and modern designs for a few differe...
Modern Purple - Kagi Search Theme
A simple black and purple theme that aims for minimalism and readibility. THIS THEME ONLY WORKS CORRECTLY IN DARK MODE!
New features on lichen.wiki !! v0.4.1 - new dark mode!! - improving load performance As wiki owner, you can now choose a custom theme for your wiki independent of the app (currently only light or dark lichen palette, but more themes are coming) More to come!! tangled.org/juprodh.me/lichen.wiki/
Lucas Gautheron conducts a really interesting online design experiment to show popularity feedback kills diversity and innovation. Super cool work!! #IC2S2 @ic2s2.bsky.social
