User blog comment:Guy Bukzi Montag/Poll: Should the Torq mouse pointer be removed?/@comment-31458611-20190421200127/@comment-31458611-20190423001318

Maybe this awkward color scheme was chosen as the best compromise between desktop and mobile (FFFFFF-white) BGs. Or picked up by some daltonic color vision-challenged web designer; their optometrist only knows.

Anyway, my point above is moot as long as there's no sensible reason I can think of for opposed BGs by platform. (With OLED displays, it's darker pixels that lessen battery draining.) So, for what it's worth, you can stop lounging for this BG image: