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How Mawu Dark Mode’s themes are designed: where each palette comes from, how its colors are picked, and how they are checked for contrast.

Design September 28, 2026 · 5 min read

The Heroes Behind Mawu’s Seven New Dark Themes

Mawu Dark Mode 0.9.0 adds seven dark themes for the WordPress dashboard, each built around one comic book hero's signature color. Here is where each palette came from, and the contrast rules each one had to pass.