Videographers would recommend using the full dynamic range that is available, right? That way you are providing maximum detail and letting other systems (e.g. screen, room light, human visual system) scale as appropriate.
Even if your scene were in the middle of the night you would still use your brightest white ("FFFFFF") for the least-dark moonlit areas. (Striking recent example is The Northman fighting in the caves.)
In that context I wonder if the motivation for recommending near-white and near-black, i.e. foregoing dynamic range for no intrinsic benefit, is for contrast against other things in the user's field of view e.g. large images, browser toolbars, popup notifications, etc.
Even if your scene were in the middle of the night you would still use your brightest white ("FFFFFF") for the least-dark moonlit areas. (Striking recent example is The Northman fighting in the caves.)
In that context I wonder if the motivation for recommending near-white and near-black, i.e. foregoing dynamic range for no intrinsic benefit, is for contrast against other things in the user's field of view e.g. large images, browser toolbars, popup notifications, etc.