Board Thread:Wiki discussion/@comment-30015056-20170113211657/@comment-4812386-20170114072453

The foreground-to-background contrast ratio actually meets what's required for level AAA of WCAG 2.0. You can check it with http://contrastchecker.com/.

If you find the text hard to read, you might be able to make it better by calibrating your monitor. The Lagom guide is useful for that.