30-seconds-of-code/snippets/prefers-light-color-scheme.md

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title	tags	author	cover	firstSeen	lastUpdated
User prefers light color scheme	browser	chalarangelo	dark-mode	2020-05-04T12:50:35+03:00	2020-10-22T20:24:04+03:00

Checks if the user color scheme preference is light.

• Use Window.matchMedia() with the appropriate media query to check the user color scheme preference.

const prefersLightColorScheme = () =>
  window &&
  window.matchMedia &&
  window.matchMedia('(prefers-color-scheme: light)').matches;

prefersLightColorScheme(); // true