meta: code blocks in this instance are unreadable #70

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opened 2025-11-25 15:54:19 +00:00 by WhyNotHugo · 0 comments

I'm not entirely sure where to report this, but code blocks in markdown, issues and pull requests are unreadable, especially those which contain links.

Below is a screenshot from https://gitea.elara.ws/Elara6331/itd#socket:

Screenshot showing multiple code blocks where text has little to no contrast

For regular code blocks, the background-color is rgb(138, 173, 244) and the color is rgb(202, 211, 245). These are almost indistinguishable. For code blocks which contain links, the color is the same as background-color, so it is entirely impossible to read them.

All these colours come from index.css. Below is a screenshot of the Firefox Inspector showing this:

Screenshot of the Firefox inspector showing an element and the rulesets from which their colour is derived

I'm not entirely sure where to report this, but code blocks in markdown, issues and pull requests are unreadable, especially those which contain links. Below is a screenshot from https://gitea.elara.ws/Elara6331/itd#socket: ![Screenshot showing multiple code blocks where text has little to no contrast](/attachments/ceb6d03e-9795-4cab-b7f2-639792b7eb40) For regular code blocks, the background-color is **rgb(138, 173, 244)** and the color is **rgb(202, 211, 245)**. These are almost indistinguishable. For code blocks which contain links, the color is the same as background-color, so it is entirely impossible to read them. All these colours come from index.css. Below is a screenshot of the Firefox Inspector showing this: ![Screenshot of the Firefox inspector showing an element and the rulesets from which their colour is derived](/attachments/0b1f9c6b-9cf4-4a50-93a9-a1ac54c42c5d)
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