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As commented, I think Web Accessibility should be a decisive factor in picking one over another option, so I'm not sure how helpful this question is at this stage (but see below). That being said, you'...
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Seeking feedback on tag colors update

I find having examples is really helpful to see design concepts directly, in context - so thanks so much for mocking these up for us! The TL;DR is at the bottom after the horizontal rule. Since I've ...
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Seeking feedback on tag colors update

While tags are clickable links, in this context they aren't there to act as an interactable object on the page that people choose to click, it's information, just like how many votes the post has is ...
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In broad terms, 4 works best for me. Nicely de-emphasised compared to all the others. 1 wants to be the centre of attention. I find the rounded ends in 2 take up too much space for no reason [& ...
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status-completed Should visited and unvisited links in Hot Meta posts have their colours swapped? Here's a screenshot of what I mean: Can you guess what links are visited? Spoiler: top three are ...
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bug status-planned The buttons are different sizes under runnable snippets. The two-button version only seems to be on questions with snippets, not answers. Both buttons used to be the same size after ...
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The shades of blue at https://<site>.stackexchange.com/users/current?tab=bounties don't match: The rest of the site now uses the darker shade.
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Long name of badge makes badge fat on Next Badge popup

In this case, I think the badge with the wrapped text is more useful because the user can see the entire string. Of course, a tooltip can also display the entire string, but it is nice to not have to ...
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bugstatus-planned ref 488 For Collectives, the Markdown help is white on light blue. The same bug applies to clicking the Help button when writing a comment to show that markdown help. Can the font ...
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status-planned ref 488 Comment help has black on dark blue - which seems at odds to 'better contrast'
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5 votes

Seeking feedback on tag colors update

I will only say my opinion on light theme as I cannot use dark. Option 1 - Absolutely the worst. We already have such prominent tags on Meta sites and it is beyond horrible to look at. Option 2 - ...
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Seeking feedback on tag colors update

I think 1 stands out way too much (dislike). I don't have a huge preference between 2, 3, and 4. My (non-major) concerns are with visual ambiguity with other things when using tag markup in posts: ...
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Footed background is indistinguishable from regular background in high contrast dark mode Both regular background and footer background are completely black. The exact same shade: rgb(0, 0, 0): ...
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The contrast for "Looking for your Teams?" may be lacking depending on site colors. For example, here's Biology: And there's Worldbuilding with this custom graphic, which can cover up the ...
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Is the icon update for accessibility purposes?

While I have no direct insight into the minds of the designers, the change does provide an accessibility benefit for some users, namely non-native speakers. Look for example at the following and tell ...
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Seeking feedback on tag colors update

I mostly use dark mode. For me, the contrasts on options 2, 3, and 4 in dark mode are too subtle, at least looking at the mockups. OTOH, I agree that option 1 is too "loud". In light mode,...
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Seeking feedback on tag colors update

feature-request In most per-site metas common tags have black (and gray) cards; an example is Meta Physics SE. But there are some sites that have colored common tag cards such as Meta Philosophy SE. ...
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The phrase Stack Overflow isn't visible in dark mode:
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