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Not expressing any opinions on this but it's not pure black. The shade used is #1e2327 or rgb(30,35,39)

Edit: also 255,255,255 is white, not black.

I think you really need to re-calibrate your monitor.

>First of many iterative design changes coming

https://twitter.com/mdo/status/830138373230653440

It's black, but not #000. It's a different and lighter shade of black.

255,255,255 is white.

The text is 0.75 white. The header background color is explicitly set with hex.

and it's totally fine it's not #000 - total black doesn't happen in nature so it shouldn't be used in design - personally, I always use for example #111 ;)

Definitely.