color schemes for technical docs

hello.

wondering about some rules of thumb for appearance of technical doc
web pages.

trying to do something a little nicer than just black on white.

i come up with a drabbish powder blue, light grey and good ole black
and white. eg;

http://cplcms.jerrysievers.com/

rather spend my time writing the docs themselves than fiddle with
looks.

please advise.


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i come up with a drabbish powder blue, light grey and good ole black
and white. eg;

http://cplcms.jerrysievers.com/

Looks okay to me, but the gray definitely reduces contrast for
reading the links. You might want to change #ccc to #ddd.

This is of course a matter of taste, but that blue looks garish to
me. Again, you might want to bump up the color numbers.

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