Please return arc-green theme or add a "dimmed" version of the current dark theme, v1.22 dark contrast is unbearable

[yurikus]

Description

v1.22 changed the colors of the dark theme. The new background is almost black and new contrast creates serious eye strain. Please return and support the arc-green theme.

EDIT: If supporting arc-green is not an option as mentioned below by silverwind, please add a "dimmed" version of the current dark theme, with contrast on par with the arc-green of v1.21.

Screenshots

Gitea Version

1.22

Can you reproduce the bug on the Gitea demo site?

Yes

Operating System

No response

Browser Version

Firefox 126

[silverwind]

I don't think we'll be going back to green primary, but a new low-contrast dark theme could be supported, similar to GitHub's "Dark dimmed".

[yurikus]

Dimmed version would be fine, presently it's unusable for me without dark reader. Using it though has some visual glitches:

Milestones page is half-colored

[techknowlogick]

In case others arrive at this thread, some history around this change, is that the increased contrast was to improve accessibility. Although, a dimmed version is likely possible, as long as it isn't the only option (so folks can choose the option that works the best for them).

[yurikus]

a dimmed version is likely possible, as long as it isn't the only option

Let's start with at least one dimmed option as presently there's none and UX worsened.

[silverwind]

Other users do appreciate the increased contrast, but I guess you can never make it right for everyone.

Also I think #30160 is a dependency if we want to keep our sanity while writing additional themes.

[silverwind]

Maybe we can actually lighten the backgrounds in dark theme by like 6-12 bits in each color channel. Contrast is still good enough and even tiny changes in dark colors make a big visual difference.

Introducing another dark theme is too problematic imho because in auto theme we can only have one dark theme.

[zc-devs]

For return arc-green theme alone, you can put theme-arc-green.css in GITEA_CUSTOM/... directory. Works like a charm for now.
Customizing the look of Gitea.