diff --git c/config.def.h i/config.def.h
index 91d1e9e..5c2382f 100644
--- c/config.def.h
+++ i/config.def.h
@@ -8,15 +8,16 @@ static const int showbar            = 1;        /* 0 means no bar */
 static const int topbar             = 1;        /* 0 means bottom bar */
 static const char *fonts[]          = { "monospace:size=20" };
 static const char dmenufont[]       = "monospace:size=20";
-static const char col_gray1[]       = "#222222";
-static const char col_gray2[]       = "#444444";
-static const char col_gray3[]       = "#bbbbbb";
-static const char col_gray4[]       = "#eeeeee";
-static const char col_cyan[]        = "#005577";
+static const char col_black[]       = "#152126";
+static const char col_white[]       = "#c0b1c2";
+static const char col_hblack[]      = "#5f5e66";
+static const char col_hwhite[]      = "#e1e1e6";
+static const char col_purple[]      = "#db498b";
+static const char col_blue[]        = "#876bd6";
 static const char *colors[][3]      = {
 	/*               fg         bg         border   */
-	[SchemeNorm] = { col_gray3, col_gray1, col_gray2 },
-	[SchemeSel]  = { col_gray4, col_cyan,  col_cyan  },
+	[SchemeNorm] = { col_white,  col_black,  col_hblack },
+	[SchemeSel]  = { col_hwhite, col_purple, col_blue },
 };
 
 /* tagging */