# Some items are too dark (in the dark theme) **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-items-are-too-dark-in-the-dark-theme/110521 **Category:** Support **Created:** [March 2, 2019, 7:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-items-are-too-dark-in-the-dark-theme/110521 "2019-03-02T19:19:37Z") **Posts on this page:** 12 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![Richie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/richie/32/115110_2.png) [@Richie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richie) #### Post date: [March 2, 2019, 7:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-items-are-too-dark-in-the-dark-theme/110521/1 "2019-03-02T19:19:37Z")
When using the dark theme, the search and hamburger menu items are too dark dark on my Discourse v2.3.0.beta3 So dark, that they are barely visible. Does anyone know how I can rectify this? ![IMG_1903](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/4/8/4871cbe169814535d7243151fc21d1699223fea2.jpeg) ---
### Author: ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco) #### Post date: [March 2, 2019, 9:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-items-are-too-dark-in-the-dark-theme/110521/2 "2019-03-02T21:30:59Z")
Can you repro this on the dark theme here on Meta? Looks way better here. ---
### Author: ![Stephen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/stephen/32/95011_2.png) [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen) #### Post date: [March 2, 2019, 9:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-items-are-too-dark-in-the-dark-theme/110521/3 "2019-03-02T21:51:53Z")
For comparison: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/3/e/3e1942dbef0300f3f43c68dbd8df1ad99d306153.jpeg) ---
### Author: ![Richie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/richie/32/115110_2.png) [@Richie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richie) #### Post date: [March 3, 2019, 7:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-items-are-too-dark-in-the-dark-theme/110521/4 "2019-03-03T07:33:06Z")
Interesting - I see the same results here on meta, the difference is miles apart. I’ll edit this and move to #Support 👍🏻 ---
### Author: ![Richie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/richie/32/115110_2.png) [@Richie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richie) #### Post date: [March 3, 2019, 11:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-items-are-too-dark-in-the-dark-theme/110521/5 "2019-03-03T11:57:20Z")
I’m 99% sure it’s not a colour or element I would have changed. Anyone know how I can lighten these two? ---
### Author: ![Richie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/richie/32/115110_2.png) [@Richie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richie) #### Post date: [March 3, 2019, 12:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-items-are-too-dark-in-the-dark-theme/110521/6 "2019-03-03T12:13:35Z")
Upon further comparisons it’s not just those two icons, it’s the text on the title and the category too. Here’s mine: ![PNG](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/0/3/032850c17826ce491210074188c4b18e3b0bec23.jpeg) Compared to here on meta. See how bright the text on the top row is too? ![PNG](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/4/a/4a6eb50861f06291f29958b05b4ebb8cd8cbe752.jpeg) Is there an option to reset the dark theme to its defaults?! Any other ideas what I may have done here to cause this? ---
### Author: ![Richie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/richie/32/115110_2.png) [@Richie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richie) #### Post date: [March 3, 2019, 2:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-items-are-too-dark-in-the-dark-theme/110521/7 "2019-03-03T14:38:52Z")
Issue resolved, this was set to `333333` for some reason 🤷‍♂️ Changing it to `ffffff` has fixed things: ![11](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/1/6/164585da6497133f118f1854ea220dd17bf2a463.png) ---
### Author: ![Richie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/richie/32/115110_2.png) [@Richie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richie) #### Post date: [March 3, 2019, 3:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-items-are-too-dark-in-the-dark-theme/110521/8 "2019-03-03T15:12:46Z")
Weird, just been using @angus sandbox site and his displays the same too-dark top row that mine did: ![22](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/6/9/69eae3796032a554196d8277cf0d73efe1d7171f.png) ---
### Author: ![Richie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/richie/32/115110_2.png) [@Richie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richie) #### Post date: [March 3, 2019, 3:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-items-are-too-dark-in-the-dark-theme/110521/9 "2019-03-03T15:16:07Z")
Could somebody share a screen shot of the default settings for the “Simple Dark” colour palette please? ---
### Author: ![Arkshine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/arkshine/32/298682_2.png) [@Arkshine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Arkshine) #### Post date: [March 3, 2019, 3:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-items-are-too-dark-in-the-dark-theme/110521/10 "2019-03-03T15:20:51Z")
![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/7/b/7bed383fa6b9e1cc1e4ca057b14e20697268d7c9.png) ---
### Author: ![Richie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/richie/32/115110_2.png) [@Richie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richie) #### Post date: [March 3, 2019, 7:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-items-are-too-dark-in-the-dark-theme/110521/11 "2019-03-03T19:29:51Z")
Thanks @Arkshine - seems I had a couple of settings out 😕 Grateful for the upload 👍🏻 ---
### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system) #### Post date: [April 2, 2019, 7:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-items-are-too-dark-in-the-dark-theme/110521/12 "2019-04-02T19:29:54Z")
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