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Matching accessibility recommendations is good
Although Olin's answer may be useful to some people, I don't necessarily think that this is solely a screen adjustment issue. Some people benefit from more contrast than others, and we could match to the contrast levels recommended for accessibility (which Zoe's comment suggests we are not far from matching already).
We could also consider the effects of blue light reduction
Another thing to bear in mind is that some screens can be set to reduce blue light, either consistently or at certain times of day to help with eye strain and sleeping patterns. This can happen slowly and subtly enough that it is not obvious that it has happened (if the setting is on by default). This gives a significant reduction in contrast for some colours of text.
So in addition to meeting standardised accessibility recommendations, it may also be worth testing the user interface on various operating systems (across desktop and mobile) that provide blue light reduction.
I have noticed this reduction in contrast, and I've also noticed that some panels on Codidact that have a different colour background lose that colour distinction from the rest of the page when the blue light is reduced.
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I don't know what you mean by "question captions", so I looked at the question titles in the screenshot you posted. The darkest pixels (that weren't blended with the background) of the blue text are RBG (.17, .50, .74). That should provide plenty of contrast with the white background. This text is easily visible in my browser when looking at your screen shot.
The problem is therefore some setting on your end. Check the "monitor" color adjustment settings, or maybe some color or contrast settings in your browser. One way to distinguish between browser and system settings is to look at your screen shot with an image app, not the browser. If it looks the same as in the browser, then it must be a system setting.
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