UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/69.0.3497.81 Safari/537.36

Example URL:

Steps to reproduce the problem:
1. Go to any dark background website (steam, netflix) or here https://bel.fi/alankila/lcd/ 
2. See how text is "washed out" due to improper blending.

What is the expected behavior?
Text is consistent and readable, as it is for Chromium in Windows, Mac and Android. Firefox on Linux share the same problem (as it uses the same skia/BUILD.gn definitions)

What went wrong?
Some text looks washed out, not readable, blurry.

Does it occur on multiple sites: Yes

Is it a problem with a plugin? No 

Did this work before? No 

Does this work in other browsers? N/A

Chrome version: 69.0.3497.81  Channel: stable
OS Version: Manjaro
Flash Version: 

This is an old issue but its time to review/tweak skia/BUILD.gn - specifically this:
# Settings for text blitting, chosen to approximate the system browser.
  if (is_linux) {
    defines += [
      "SK_GAMMA_EXPONENT=1.2",
      "SK_GAMMA_CONTRAST=0.2",
    ]
  } else if (is_android) {
    defines += [
      "SK_GAMMA_APPLY_TO_A8",
      "SK_GAMMA_EXPONENT=1.4",
      "SK_GAMMA_CONTRAST=0.0",
    ]
  } else if (is_win) {
    defines += [
      "SK_GAMMA_SRGB",
      "SK_GAMMA_CONTRAST=0.5",
    ]
  } else if (is_mac) {
    defines += [
      "SK_GAMMA_SRGB",
      "SK_GAMMA_CONTRAST=0.0",
    ]
  }

I know that will depend on a lot of other factors (dpi, fonts used, hinting type, lcd rendering type etc) but I tested a few combinations of settings and settled my personal build to use the same Windows settings plus SK_GAMMA_APPLY_TO_A8 to also apply the correction during certain text animations and improve consistency (without it text would flicker between non-corrected and corrected gamma in a inconsistent manner). It looks great for me but I understand there are more capable people to decide what is right. Freetype devs for instance like a 1.8 value, this guy https://bel.fi/alankila/lcd/ is more aggressive and goes for 2.2 which may thin out dark-on-light text a bit too much.