Dark mode support for web apps

Category: Miscellaneous
Type: New or changed feature
Status: Origin trial (Chrome Origin trial)
Intent stage: Origin Trial

Summary

Add a field to the web app manifest which allows apps to specify a different theme color and background color for dark mode.

Motivation

Currently in the web app manifest, only a single theme color and background color can be defined. This means there is no way for apps to specify a different color to use for dark mode.

Standards & signals

Firefox: Closed Without a Position
Safari: No signal
Web developers: No signals — No signals on the new format
Tracking bug: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1318305

Explainers: https://github.com/w3c/manifest/issues/1045

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