diff --git a/packages/app/public/oc-theme-preload.js b/packages/app/public/oc-theme-preload.js
index 0fe9a1b60..a1e6b5277 100644
--- a/packages/app/public/oc-theme-preload.js
+++ b/packages/app/public/oc-theme-preload.js
@@ -37,14 +37,15 @@
 
   document.documentElement.dataset.theme = themeId
   document.documentElement.dataset.colorScheme = mode
-  // Brand ground, tracking harmoniqs.json palette.neutral (dark #000, light #fff).
-  // This paints before any stylesheet, so a stock literal here shows through as
-  // the old brand for the first frame.
-  document.documentElement.style.backgroundColor = isDark ? "#0F0F0D" : "#ffffff"
+  // Pre-paint ground, tracking harmoniqs.json's deepest ground per scheme:
+  // dark keeps the stock neutral #080808 (the brand cream-black read as warm
+  // against VS Code's chrome), light is the brand white. This paints before any
+  // stylesheet, so a wrong literal here shows through for the first frame.
+  document.documentElement.style.backgroundColor = isDark ? "#080808" : "#ffffff"
 
   // Update theme-color meta tag to match app color scheme
   var metas = document.querySelectorAll("meta[name='theme-color']")
-  if (metas.length > 0) metas[0].setAttribute("content", isDark ? "#0F0F0D" : "#ffffff")
+  if (metas.length > 0) metas[0].setAttribute("content", isDark ? "#080808" : "#ffffff")
 
   if (themeId === "oc-2") return // stock theme needs no cached CSS
 
diff --git a/packages/app/src/components/terminal.tsx b/packages/app/src/components/terminal.tsx
index cd9b93a43..538c629a5 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/components/terminal.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/components/terminal.tsx
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ const DEFAULT_TERMINAL_COLORS: Record<"light" | "dark", TerminalColors> = {
     selectionBackground: withAlpha("#000000", 0.2),
   },
   dark: {
-    background: "#000000",
-    foreground: "#EFEDCD",
-    cursor: "#EFEDCD",
-    selectionBackground: withAlpha("#EFEDCD", 0.25),
+    background: "#191515",
+    foreground: "#d4d4d4",
+    cursor: "#d4d4d4",
+    selectionBackground: withAlpha("#d4d4d4", 0.25),
   },
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/theme/themes/harmoniqs.json b/packages/ui/src/theme/themes/harmoniqs.json
index 1b06e62d6..83cf32e58 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/theme/themes/harmoniqs.json
+++ b/packages/ui/src/theme/themes/harmoniqs.json
@@ -245,33 +245,33 @@
   },
   "dark": {
     "palette": {
-      "neutral": "#0F0F0D",
-      "ink": "#EFEDCD",
+      "neutral": "#1f1f1f",
+      "ink": "#f1ece8",
       "primary": "#FFE614",
       "accent": "#FFE614",
       "success": "#4ade80",
       "warning": "#F0D600",
       "error": "#e88484",
-      "info": "#C9C7A6",
+      "info": "#edb2f1",
       "interactive": "#FFE614",
       "diffAdd": "#4ade80",
       "diffDelete": "#e88484"
     },
     "overrides": {
-      "text-strong": "#EFEDCD",
-      "text-base": "#C9C7A6",
-      "text-weak": "#A9A88C",
-      "text-weaker": "#8a8972",
+      "text-strong": "#EDEDED",
+      "text-base": "#A0A0A0",
+      "text-weak": "#707070",
+      "text-weaker": "#505050",
       "text-diff-add-base": "var(--v2-state-fg-success)",
       "text-diff-delete-base": "var(--v2-state-fg-danger)",
-      "border-weak-base": "#EFEDCD38",
-      "border-weaker-base": "#EFEDCD1F",
-      "icon-base": "#C9C7A6",
-      "icon-weak-base": "#8a8972",
-      "surface-raised-base": "#171714",
-      "surface-raised-base-hover": "#201f1b",
-      "surface-base": "#0F0F0D",
-      "surface-base-hover": "#EFEDCD0D",
+      "border-weak-base": "#282828",
+      "border-weaker-base": "#232323",
+      "icon-base": "#7E7E7E",
+      "icon-weak-base": "#343434",
+      "surface-raised-base": "#232323",
+      "surface-raised-base-hover": "#282828",
+      "surface-base": "#1C1C1C",
+      "surface-base-hover": "#FFFFFF0D",
       "surface-interactive-weak": "#2a2600",
       "surface-success-base": "#052e16",
       "syntax-comment": "var(--v2-text-text-muted)",
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@
       "syntax-primitive": "var(--v2-pink-400)",
       "syntax-property": "var(--v2-orange-400)",
       "syntax-type": "var(--v2-purple-400)",
-      "syntax-constant": "#C9C7A6",
+      "syntax-constant": "#93e9f6",
       "syntax-critical": "var(--v2-red-400)",
       "syntax-diff-add": "var(--v2-state-fg-success)",
       "syntax-diff-delete": "var(--v2-state-fg-danger)",
@@ -288,19 +288,19 @@
       "surface-critical-base": "#2a0c0c"
     },
     "v2Overrides": {
-      "v2-grey-50": "#FFFDF0ff",
-      "v2-grey-100": "#EFEDCDff",
-      "v2-grey-200": "#E3E0C0ff",
-      "v2-grey-300": "#C9C7A6ff",
-      "v2-grey-400": "#A9A88Cff",
-      "v2-grey-500": "#8a8972ff",
-      "v2-grey-600": "#6e6d5aff",
-      "v2-grey-700": "#545343ff",
-      "v2-grey-800": "#3a3a30ff",
-      "v2-grey-900": "#201f1bff",
-      "v2-grey-1000": "#171714ff",
-      "v2-grey-1100": "#0F0F0Dff",
-      "v2-grey-1200": "#000000ff",
+      "v2-grey-50": "#ffffffff",
+      "v2-grey-100": "#fafafaff",
+      "v2-grey-200": "#f2f2f2ff",
+      "v2-grey-300": "#eeeeeeff",
+      "v2-grey-400": "#dbdbdbff",
+      "v2-grey-500": "#aeaeaeff",
+      "v2-grey-600": "#808080ff",
+      "v2-grey-700": "#5c5c5cff",
+      "v2-grey-800": "#3a3a3aff",
+      "v2-grey-900": "#2e2e2eff",
+      "v2-grey-1000": "#242424ff",
+      "v2-grey-1100": "#161616ff",
+      "v2-grey-1200": "#080808ff",
       "v2-red-100": "#fde2e2ff",
       "v2-red-200": "#f6d5d3ff",
       "v2-red-300": "#fca5a5ff",
@@ -407,23 +407,23 @@
       "v2-background-bg-contrast": "var(--v2-grey-700)",
       "v2-background-bg-button-neutral": "var(--v2-alpha-light-6)",
       "v2-background-bg-accent": "#FFE614",
-      "v2-text-text-base": "var(--v2-grey-100)",
-      "v2-text-text-muted": "var(--v2-grey-300)",
-      "v2-text-text-faint": "var(--v2-grey-400)",
+      "v2-text-text-base": "var(--v2-grey-200)",
+      "v2-text-text-muted": "var(--v2-grey-500)",
+      "v2-text-text-faint": "var(--v2-grey-600)",
       "v2-text-text-inverse": "var(--v2-grey-1000)",
       "v2-text-text-contrast": "var(--v2-grey-100)",
       "v2-text-text-accent": "#FFE614",
       "v2-text-text-accent-hover": "#F0D600",
       "v2-text-text-code-accent": "var(--v2-grey-200)",
-      "v2-icon-icon-base": "var(--v2-grey-300)",
-      "v2-icon-icon-muted": "var(--v2-grey-400)",
+      "v2-icon-icon-base": "var(--v2-grey-400)",
+      "v2-icon-icon-muted": "var(--v2-grey-600)",
       "v2-icon-icon-inverse": "var(--v2-grey-1000)",
       "v2-icon-icon-contrast": "var(--v2-grey-200)",
       "v2-icon-icon-accent": "#FFE614",
       "v2-icon-icon-accent-hover": "#F0D600",
-      "v2-border-border-muted": "#EFEDCD1F",
-      "v2-border-border-base": "#EFEDCD38",
-      "v2-border-border-strong": "#EFEDCD5C",
+      "v2-border-border-muted": "var(--v2-alpha-light-8)",
+      "v2-border-border-base": "var(--v2-alpha-light-10)",
+      "v2-border-border-strong": "var(--v2-alpha-light-20)",
       "v2-border-border-inverse": "var(--v2-grey-100)",
       "v2-border-border-focus": "var(--v2-blue-500)",
       "v2-overlay-simple-overlay-hover": "var(--v2-alpha-light-6)",