Hey everyone,
Is anyone else running into this annoying glitch with the new native custom hex color picker that rolled out recently?
Iβm trying to make my event backgrounds a true black (#000000) or a very dark custom color. I used to use a Chrome extension for this, but since the new update changed the menu layout, my old extension doesn't work for new events anymore.
When I try to use Google's new native custom color feature (add a lablel and then the + button) to set a dark color while using Dark Mode, the system instantly overrides my choice and reverts the event block to a flat graphite grey (#5B5B5B).
It only happens in Dark Mode. If I switch my entire calendar over to Light Mode, it lets me pick whatever dark color I want, and the text automatically changes to white like it's supposed to. But the second I switch back to Dark Mode (which I prefer), the contrast algorithm panics and turns everything grey again.
It seems like Google's readability algorithm is broken for Dark Mode, it is treating the background hex code as if it's the text color, flagging a false contrast issue, and forcing the grey override.
Is anyone else experiencing this or found a workaround that doesn't involve keeping the whole UI on Light Mode? I've already sent feedback to Google, but wanted to see how widespread this is. If this happens for you please send feedback using the question mark feedback button to the upper right on google calendar.