I feel like that's been a trend for the past decade at this point. I don't think this one is particularly egregious but it ain't great either.

Could be your monitor as well.

I'd say it's medium gray on white, which is not too bad in my subjective opinion. I have seen far worse. Light gray on white was "trendy" for a while and dark gray or dark green on black has always been popular among the edgy crowd.

Also the typeface, kerning and line heights are a bit - unconventional, which doesn't help the readability