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Dark mode toggles: two states are enough

· CSS-Tricks · Aug. 17, 2026, 3:16 p.m.

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Summary

The blog post argues against the use of three-state toggles for dark mode, proposing that only two states—light and dark—are sufficient for user interface simplicity.

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