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What the heck is this new dark mode with all the bright colours on boards?!

Joe Engel-Kemnetz
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May 15, 2026

This new dark mode that has the bright blue fading to purple is *horrid* and causes a bunch of clashing of colours with labels when looking at the sprint boards and such. A huge block of bright blue is definitely NOT what I could call a dark mode and is painful to look at. Another huge UI/UX miss from Atlassian, especially with no way to customise it.

Edit: Just kidding, you can edit it (hidden in a submenu, no less), but the default changed to the awful gradient on some of my spaces haha

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William Brooks
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May 15, 2026

I had the same reaction when I first saw it. The bright blue gradient really doesn’t feel like a proper dark mode, especially when you’re staring at sprint boards for hours. It makes some labels harder to read and the contrast feels off. Glad there’s at least a way to change it, but hiding that option in a submenu was definitely a strange choice.

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Marc -Devoteam-
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May 15, 2026

Hi @Joe Engel-Kemnetz 

Welcome to the community, this is probably the space background.

Check to set the background.

Select the 3 dot option on the space name and choose "Set space background" choose a solid color option.

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