Why these colors stay

I did not choose the colors of this website to be memorable. I chose them to be livable.

What matters to me is how a color behaves after ten minutes, or an hour, or a long night of reading.

Darkness can be a form of care. The background carries the soft weight of charcoal, imperfect and subdued: it recedes, letting text step forward without glare. Words rest here, stable and patient.

The light theme has the warmth of paper that sat in the sun. It accepts the passage of hours without the sharp insistence of glass. Pure white can be a hostile presence; these tones are gentler, and they age.

Accent colors appear sparingly. A link is a small nudge to follow a thought elsewhere. A highlight is a quiet marking of relevance. Even error colors are restrained, a break in logic, not an accusation.

I think of color as a kind of pacing. Sharp contrast accelerates the reader. High saturation raises the pulse. A site that wants you to stay has to find a different tempo, one that makes room for your eyes to rest between sentences.

Dark and light are the same intention, expressed under different conditions. One for when the world is crowded. One for when it grows still. Both try to disappear in the right way.

These colors are easy to overlook. They hold the work in place without altering it. That is why they stay.

Some days ask for less contrast. Others tolerate warmth. Occasionally, a page may arrive dressed a little differently than you remember. If it does, assume it has less to do with design and more to do with time.