Also, anyone who thinks printed text is actually black hasn't worked with print. And how on earth does someone make this argument while using text and background that are two different shades of purple?
> anyone who thinks printed text is actually black ... worked with print
Not clear. We always normally printed in K - insaturated black. Or, "typographic black", or "sufficiently black black", or "just black". «[A]ctually black» requires a definition.
I guess that's why the OP complains as well. I do wonder if none of the other Medium themes have a better contrast, but the OP obviously felt that they needed to explain their (lack of) choice of non-contrasty colours.