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<h1>HTML Dark Mode</h1>
<p>2023-04-11</p>
<p>I wrote an article back in 2021 called <a href="https://bt.ht/lazy-dev-dark-mode/">The Lazy Developer's Dark
Mode</a> where I explained how to implement
a very basic "dark mode" by using the <code>prefers-color-scheme</code> CSS attribute.
This stills works perfectly fine, and in fact there is a cleaner variation of
this created by <em>jacksonchen666</em>: <a href="https://jacksonchen666.com/posts/2023-04-09/13-47-16/">These 3 Lines of CSS Will Give You Dark Mode for Free</a>.</p>
<p>But today I wanted to show how to add dark mode functionality to a website
without <em>any CSS at all</em>.</p>
<pre><code>&lt;meta name=&quot;color-scheme&quot; content=&quot;dark light&quot;&gt;
</code></pre>
<p>Add that line inside the <code>head</code> tags on your HTML files and you're good to go.</p>
<h2>Minor Caveat</h2>
<p>I mentioned this same issue on the official <a href="https://barf.bt.ht/dark-mode/">barf blog
post</a> but it doesn't hurt to repeat it here.
Safari still has minor ahref / link color issue when defaulting to browser dark
mode. If supporting that browser is a deal-breaker for you, I suggest looking
at my <a href="https://bt.ht/safari-default-dark-mode/">hacky solution</a>.</p>
<p>Hopefully this helps others to add dark mode to their existing websites and
projects with minimal effort!</p>
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