diff --git a/lib/widgets/message_list.dart b/lib/widgets/message_list.dart
index f2fce33ab0..0cd01daab3 100644
--- a/lib/widgets/message_list.dart
+++ b/lib/widgets/message_list.dart
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class MessageListTheme extends ThemeExtension<MessageListTheme> {
 
   MessageListTheme.dark() :
     this._(
-      dateSeparator: Colors.white,
+      dateSeparator: Colors.white.withValues(alpha: 51),
       dateSeparatorText: const HSLColor.fromAHSL(0.5, 0, 0, 1).toColor(),
       dmRecipientHeaderBg: const HSLColor.fromAHSL(1, 0, 0, 0.14).toColor(),
       messageTimestamp: const HSLColor.fromAHSL(0.5, 0, 0, 1).toColor(),
diff --git a/lib/widgets/theme.dart b/lib/widgets/theme.dart
index 7bc79579a1..892604be55 100644
--- a/lib/widgets/theme.dart
+++ b/lib/widgets/theme.dart
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ class DesignVariables extends ThemeExtension<DesignVariables> {
       contextMenuItemBg: const Color(0xff7977fe),
       contextMenuItemText: const Color(0xff9398fd),
       editorButtonPressedBg: Colors.white.withValues(alpha: 0.06),
-      foreground: const Color(0xffffffff),
+      foreground: const Color(0xff0f0f0f),
       icon: const Color(0xff7977fe),
       iconSelected: Colors.white.withValues(alpha: 0.8),
       labelCounterUnread: const Color(0xffffffff).withValues(alpha: 0.73),