diff --git i/config.def.h w/config.def.h
index 4503e5d..4811f38 100644
--- i/config.def.h
+++ w/config.def.h
@@ -11,11 +11,13 @@ 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_lilac[]       = "#876bd6";
+static const char col_purple[]      = "#d12eb0";
+static const char col_green[]       = "#31cc43";
 static const char *colors[][3]      = {
 	/*               fg         bg         border   */
 	[SchemeNorm] = { col_gray3, col_gray1, col_gray2 },
-	[SchemeSel]  = { col_gray4, col_cyan,  col_cyan  },
+	[SchemeSel]  = { col_gray4, col_lilac, col_lilac  },
 };
 
 /* tagging */
@@ -59,7 +61,7 @@ static const Layout layouts[] = {
 
 /* commands */
 static char dmenumon[2] = "0"; /* component of dmenucmd, manipulated in spawn() */
-static const char *dmenucmd[] = { "dmenu_run", "-m", dmenumon, "-fn", dmenufont, "-nb", col_gray1, "-nf", col_gray3, "-sb", col_cyan, "-sf", col_gray4, NULL };
+static const char *dmenucmd[] = { "dmenu_run", "-m", dmenumon, "-fn", dmenufont, "-nb", col_gray1, "-nf", col_gray3, "-sb", col_lilac, "-sf", col_gray4, NULL };
 static const char *termcmd[]  = { "st", NULL };
 
 static const Key keys[] = {