# Meta Branded redesign: theme refresh
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/meta-branded-redesign-theme-refresh/397246
**Category:** Site feedback
**Tags:** meta-redesign-2026
**Created:** [February 27, 2026, 10:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/meta-branded-redesign-theme-refresh/397246 "2026-02-27T10:36:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
**Page:** 3
### Author:  [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2026, 6:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/meta-branded-redesign-theme-refresh/397246/43 "2026-03-03T18:40:58Z")
Oh, and I am on OSX and Chrome web browser.
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### Author:  [@Andrew\_Rowe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andrew_Rowe)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2026, 7:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/meta-branded-redesign-theme-refresh/397246/44 "2026-03-03T19:00:11Z")
I don’t know why but when I tried to find this topic yesterday I couldn’t.
Here is my feedback on this new Mete Branded redesign: I like it!
It is really clean - very simple and un-intimidating.
It took a day or two, I wasn’t sure about the purple but in dark mode at night… really easy on the eyes, just enough contrast between read and unread items ect. and overall really simple, clean and nice. Bravo!
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### Author:  [@stephtara](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stephtara)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2026, 5:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/meta-branded-redesign-theme-refresh/397246/45 "2026-03-05T17:07:47Z")
Problem in the iOS app: can’t select text correctly if using Meta Branded. Works with Horizon, so assuming it’s a Theme problem.
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### Author:  [@nat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nat)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2026, 2:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/meta-branded-redesign-theme-refresh/397246/46 "2026-03-19T14:18:11Z")
Just did the fix here so we should be good!
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### Author:  [@stephtara](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stephtara)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2026, 11:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/meta-branded-redesign-theme-refresh/397246/47 "2026-03-28T23:19:03Z")
FWIW the linked text on the dark theme version is just below readable for me — I switched to Fondation and Horizon to compare, and those are OK to my eyes. However, squint as I might, I can’t read the purple on dark on Meta Branded (at night, when the dark theme is supposed to serve its purpose.)
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### Author:  [@manuel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/manuel)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2026, 1:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/meta-branded-redesign-theme-refresh/397246/48 "2026-03-30T13:07:10Z")
Yes, thanks for posting. I’m aware the colors are not ideal right now.
We just added a [new theme modifier that lets themes limit available color schemes](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/38796), so we can work on the colors for this theme without the hard-coded hack I mentioned earlier. I’ll update the color scheme with the next iteration of the theme.
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2026, 1:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/meta-branded-redesign-theme-refresh/397246/49 "2026-03-30T13:32:45Z")
Yeah I raised this early on [Meta Branded redesign: theme refresh - #8 by merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/t/meta-branded-redesign-theme-refresh/397246/8)
I really like the colour from a pure aesthetic design perspective but in terms of usability it destroys my varifocals! 👓 💥 😅
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### Author:  [@stephtara](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stephtara)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2026, 1:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/meta-branded-redesign-theme-refresh/397246/50 "2026-03-30T13:34:43Z")
Sorry, must have missed it! Have been on the sidelines lately 😰
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### Author:  [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2026, 6:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/meta-branded-redesign-theme-refresh/397246/51 "2026-03-30T18:57:27Z")
> [@manuel](#):
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> Yes, thanks for posting. I’m aware the colors are not ideal right now.
Is the inconsistent link highlighting here related? Seems weird to me.. but it could be a bug
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### Author:  [@manuel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/manuel)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2026, 7:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/meta-branded-redesign-theme-refresh/397246/52 "2026-03-30T19:09:59Z")
Weird, that’s what I see:
Can you inspect in your browser?
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### Author:  [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2026, 7:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/meta-branded-redesign-theme-refresh/397246/53 "2026-03-30T19:13:15Z")
Oops, turns out a theme I have for last.fm is incorrectly applying to Meta which has `a { color: var(--red) }` which is incorrect, which is probably why I only saw it on my laptop and not phone or PC. Sorry for the scare!
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### Author:  [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2026, 4:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/meta-branded-redesign-theme-refresh/397246/54 "2026-04-21T16:47:49Z")
The selectors in our preferences have a quite unreadable background / color combination when we hover a selected option:
This doesn’t happen on Horizon.
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