
Monitor Settings for WFH: The 7 That Cut Eye Strain
How to set your monitor's brightness, contrast, and color to cut WFH eye strain — and why the blue-light filter won't help during the day.
Hilly Shore Labs
7 min read·July 9, 2026
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How to set your monitor's brightness, contrast, and color to cut WFH eye strain — and why the blue-light filter won't help during the day.

Screen neck and eye strain has a free fix: top of the screen at eye level, an arm's length back, angled off any window. The exact numbers, per OSHA.

The Cochrane review and AAO are clear: blue-light glasses don't measurably improve sleep or reduce eye strain. Here's what actually works for WFH eye fatigue.