Page MenuHomePhabricator

Legibility Issues in Dark Mode: Gray Image Captions and Black Text in Tables
Closed, ResolvedPublicBUG REPORT

Description

Steps to replicate the issue (include links if applicable):

Enable dark mode (the third theme option, not the black theme) in the app.
Navigate to an article that includes image captions and tables (e.g., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_Arizona?wprov=sfla1).
Observe the color contrast of image captions and text within tables.
What happens?:

In dark mode, image captions appear gray, and some text in tables appears black, making both difficult to read or completely illegible.
What should have happened instead?:

Image captions and table text should maintain sufficient contrast with the background for readability in dark mode.
Software version:
Version: 2.7.50499-beta-2024-09-05

Other information (browser name/version, screenshots, etc.):

Device: Samsung SM-G950U (SDK: 28)

20240911_205302.jpg (2×1 px, 719 KB)

20240911_205244.jpg (2×1 px, 457 KB)

Event Timeline

+1 through the support email:
In the iOS Wikipedia app, when the app is set to dark mode regardless of iOS settings certain tables don’t flip the text color to white. So it remains black text on dark background.
Version: WikipediaApp/7.6.0.4193 (iOS 18.0.1; Phone)

image0 (47).png (2×1 px, 177 KB)

The caption not being legible in dark mode also affects Image Recommendations on iOS, and makes it difficult for editors to preview the image + caption before publishing (noted by Sneha in T386832)

ABorbaWMF subscribed.

Looks good on 2.7.50543-r-2025-07-31

Tested on Pixel 6 on Android 15 and OnePlus 8 on Android 13. Tested on articles with tables.