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Dark mode for Ars Technica in Safari

Cameleon recolours Ars Technica in Safari with one of five skins, three dark and two light, and changes nothing but colour. Ars Technica's own colours pass WCAG AA on all 221 pieces of text measured; under each of the five skins, every one of them passes.

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Ars Technica in each skin

Ars Technica's page in its own colours
All 221 pieces of text clear WCAG AA contrast. Median contrast 4.64:1.
Ars Technica's page recoloured by Cameleon's Midnight skin
All 221 pieces of text clear WCAG AA contrast. Median contrast 10.06:1.
Ars Technica's page recoloured by Cameleon's Dusk skin
All 221 pieces of text clear WCAG AA contrast. Median contrast 11.30:1.
Ars Technica's page recoloured by Cameleon's Legacy skin
All 221 pieces of text clear WCAG AA contrast. Median contrast 8.96:1.
Ars Technica's page recoloured by Cameleon's Sunset skin
All 221 pieces of text clear WCAG AA contrast. Median contrast 9.03:1.
Ars Technica's page recoloured by Cameleon's Yardage Book skin
All 221 pieces of text clear WCAG AA contrast. Median contrast 5.68:1.

Captured and measured 3 November 2026 with Cameleon's own engine, on the real page. How it was measured.

What Ars Technica offers by itself

Ars Technica's front page is already dark, with the Mac in light appearance as well as dark. With the Mac set to dark appearance, the page was dark.

What Cameleon does on Ars Technica

  • When Ars Technica is already dark, a dark skin stands back and leaves its own colours on the page, because two dark themes fighting read worse than one. Choose a skin for Ars Technica itself and it applies anyway.
  • When your Mac is light, Ars Technica keeps its own colours unless you set a skin for light appearance, or choose one for Ars Technica.
  • A light skin, Sunset or Yardage Book, always goes ahead on Ars Technica, dark or not.
  • Choose a skin on Ars Technica and it is remembered for Ars Technica; other sites keep theirs.
  • Colour only: the layout, the text and the links stay as Ars Technica made them.

The contrast, before and after

ColoursText under WCAG AAMedian contrast
Ars Technica's own0 of 2214.64:1
Midnight0 of 22110.06:1
Dusk0 of 22111.30:1
Legacy0 of 2218.96:1
Sunset0 of 2219.03:1
Yardage Book0 of 2215.68:1

Measured 3 November 2026 on the page shown, a public one read without signing in, with Cameleon's own engine. Its cookie-consent dialog was taken off first, as it is once a reader answers it. WCAG AA is 4.5:1 for text and 3:1 for large text. How it was measured, and what it cannot fix.

Ars Technica belongs to its owner, who has nothing to do with Cameleon. The captures show its public page, to show the colours.

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