







A dark theme for the open web
Dark mode with web standards
Implementing dark mode with minimal JavaScript and standard CSS

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!

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

Aesthetics Wiki | Fandom
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.
The Dark Forest and the Cozy Web
An illustrated diagram exposing the inner layers of the dark and cozy web

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!

A Simple Web Developer’s Color Guide — Smashing Magazine
Laura Elizabeth never found color theory useful when trying to use color in her projects. Somewhat ironically, she’s been finding that the better she got at choosing and using color, the better she became in the theory behind it. In this article, Laura shares a simple color workflow that you can use in your next web project.

Whitewind Reader
Your new favourite hyper-optimized way to gist your favorite articles. With dark mode.
una.im | Modern CSS theming with light-dark(), contrast-color(), and style queries
Combine three new CSS features to build fully adaptive themed components.


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…
Solar Eclipse Toggle (a dark/light mode toggle Web Component)—zachleat.com
A post by Zach Leatherman (zachleat)
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
Using CSS to fix the irradiation illusion · November 29, 2025
How to adjust perceived font weight in dark mode without layout shift

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/