And FWIW, it's apparently worse in some board modes ... class "blockrow postcontent restore preview postcontainer forumcontent" may have been what sparked the thread. Text there is #3e3e3e, and links are #736e6e ... which are the colors I used on the example I posted offsite.
The display in the forum is #333333 vs #736e6e ... a tad further away from each other, but still there could be some confusion.