Hi, an engineer here.

As of today, next to our existing mode options of system/light/dark, you can now pick between default/classic themes. With classic being a return to a very neutral grey, similar to the previous design.

We've also continued to tweak our main perceptual lightness color ramp which visually separates layers to help with legibility and will continue to do so. So hopefully you see improvements with both themes!

I'm a big fan of color customization, and as much as I'd like to also immediately add more options, for now we're being cautious to not introduce lots of bugs or make designing/building/testing significantly more difficult. I hope this step is helpful!

Great news — an engineer picked this up during the Descript Telethon 2026! It's now in development. Stay tuned for updates.