Chromatic Text Adaptation for Non-White Backgrounds
While employing subdued gray typography effectively diminishes prominence on white canvases, this approach falters significantly when applied to chromatic backgrounds.
This discrepancy occurs because the fundamental mechanism at work with gray-on-white combinations is contrast reduction.
The hierarchical differentiation emerges from diminishing the distinction between text and its underlying surface—not specifically from utilizing gray as an absolute value.
One might assume that applying transparency to white typography offers the simplest solution: