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Setting different images for Light & Dark mode

Lesser Known Trick

One way of doing it (wrong)

  • Using #gh-dark-mode-only for GitHub

<figure>

![Thumbnail.png](/thumbnail.svg#gh-light-mode-only)


</figure>

<figure>

![Thumbnail.png](/thumbnail-white.svg#gh-dark-mode-only)


</figure>
  • This does not scale and does not work outside of GitHub

The proper way

Using preferred color scheme CSS property and HTML Picture srcset property.

<a title="Simple Analytics" href="" referrerpolicy="origin" target="_blank">
<picture>
<source media="(prefers-color-scheme: dark)" srcset="https://simpleanalyticsbadges.com/cho.sh?mode=dark" />
<img
src="https://simpleanalyticsbadges.com/cho.sh"
loading="lazy"
referrerpolicy="no-referrer"
crossorigin="anonymous"
/>
</picture>
</a>

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