diff --git a/dash-frontend/assets/gui/dashboard.xml b/dash-frontend/assets/gui/dashboard.xml
index 498ef10..bb97d5e 100644
--- a/dash-frontend/assets/gui/dashboard.xml
+++ b/dash-frontend/assets/gui/dashboard.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
       height="~side_button_size"
       color="#44444400"
       hover_color="#333333ff"
+      border_color="#00000000"
       hover_border_color="#555555ff"
       tooltip="${tooltip}"
       tooltip_side="${tooltip_side}"
@@ -24,11 +25,8 @@
   </template>
 
   <elements>
-    <!-- background for testing -->
-    <!-- <rectangle position="absolute" color="#333333" width="100%" height="100%" /> -->
-
     <!-- left/right separator (menu and rest) -->
-    <div flex_direction="row" gap="8" width="100%" height="100%">
+    <div flex_direction="row" gap="8" width="100%" height="100%" padding="4" interactable="0">
       <!-- LEFT MENU -->
       <div id="menu"
         width="~size_size"
@@ -69,7 +67,7 @@
         <rectangle
           id="rect_content"
           color2="#0d131a00"
-          color="#24417900"
+          color="#252f5300"
           gradient="vertical"
           round="8"
           flex_grow="1"
@@ -79,7 +77,7 @@
           <!-- radial gradient -->
           <rectangle
             position="absolute" width="100%" height="100%"
-            gradient="radial" color="#44BBFF22" color2="#00000000" />
+            gradient="radial" color="#44BBFF11" color2="#00000000" />
 
           <div
             id="content"
@@ -124,7 +122,7 @@
 
           <!-- top shine -->
           <div position="absolute" width="100%" height="100%" justify_content="center">
-            <rectangle position="absolute" width="99%" height="2" color="#FFFFFF66" round="4" />
+            <rectangle position="absolute" width="99%" height="2" color="#FFFFFF22" round="4" />
           </div>
 
           <!-- Left bottom side -->
diff --git a/dash-frontend/assets/gui/view/popup_window.xml b/dash-frontend/assets/gui/view/popup_window.xml
index 1a0b802..c58377e 100644
--- a/dash-frontend/assets/gui/view/popup_window.xml
+++ b/dash-frontend/assets/gui/view/popup_window.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
       >
 
         <!-- Shine effect at the top -->
-        <rectangle position="absolute" width="100%" height="2" round="4" color="#ffffff55" />
+        <rectangle position="absolute" width="100%" height="2" round="4" color="#ffffff22" />
 
         <!-- Top bar contents -->
         <div gap="16" align_items="center">
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@
 
       <!-- Content -->
       <rectangle height="100%"
-        color="#010310ee"
-        color2="#062a5eee"
+        color="#010310fe"
+        color2="#051c55fc"
         gradient="vertical"
         padding="16"
         id="content">
diff --git a/dash-frontend/src/tab/settings.rs b/dash-frontend/src/tab/settings.rs
index 9c19604..49d6e63 100644
--- a/dash-frontend/src/tab/settings.rs
+++ b/dash-frontend/src/tab/settings.rs
@@ -116,14 +116,6 @@ impl TabSettings {
 			None,
 		)?;
 
-		init_setting_checkbox(
-			frontend,
-			&tasks,
-			state.data.fetch_component_as::<ComponentCheckbox>("cb_am_pm_clock")?,
-			SettingType::DashAmPmClock,
-			Some(FrontendTask::RefreshClock),
-		)?;
-
 		init_setting_checkbox(
 			frontend,
 			&tasks,
diff --git a/dash-frontend/src/views/game_list.rs b/dash-frontend/src/views/game_list.rs
index 79a1e15..2ddbfad 100644
--- a/dash-frontend/src/views/game_list.rs
+++ b/dash-frontend/src/views/game_list.rs
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ pub struct Games {
 	manifests: Vec<steam_utils::AppManifest>,
 }
 
-const BORDER_COLOR_DEFAULT: drawing::Color = drawing::Color::new(1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 0.3);
+const BORDER_COLOR_DEFAULT: drawing::Color = drawing::Color::new(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.35);
 const BORDER_COLOR_HOVERED: drawing::Color = drawing::Color::new(1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0);
 
 const GAME_COVER_SIZE_X: f32 = 140.0;
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ fn construct_game_cover(
 	let (widget_button, button) = components::button::construct(
 		ess,
 		components::button::Params {
-			color: Some(drawing::Color::new(1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 0.1)),
+			color: Some(drawing::Color::new(1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 0.0)),
 			border_color: Some(BORDER_COLOR_DEFAULT),
 			hover_border_color: Some(BORDER_COLOR_HOVERED),
 			round: WLength::Units(12.0),
@@ -216,8 +216,8 @@ fn construct_game_cover(
 	let (top_shine, _) = ess.layout.add_child(
 		widget_button.id,
 		rect_gradient(
-			drawing::Color::new(1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 0.25),
-			drawing::Color::new(1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 0.0),
+			drawing::Color::new(1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 0.2),
+			drawing::Color::new(1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 0.02),
 		),
 		rect_gradient_style(taffy::AlignSelf::Baseline, 0.05),
 	)?;
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ fn construct_game_cover(
 	ess.layout.add_child(
 		widget_button.id,
 		rect_gradient(
-			drawing::Color::new(1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 0.2),
+			drawing::Color::new(1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 0.15),
 			drawing::Color::new(1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 0.0),
 		),
 		rect_gradient_style(taffy::AlignSelf::Baseline, 0.5),
@@ -249,10 +249,10 @@ fn construct_game_cover(
 	ess.layout.add_child(
 		widget_button.id,
 		rect_gradient(
-			drawing::Color::new(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0),
-			drawing::Color::new(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.5),
+			drawing::Color::new(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.1),
+			drawing::Color::new(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.9),
 		),
-		rect_gradient_style(taffy::AlignSelf::End, 0.1),
+		rect_gradient_style(taffy::AlignSelf::End, 0.05),
 	)?;
 
 	// request cover image data from the internet or disk cache
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ impl View {
 
 	fn mount_image(layout: &mut Layout, cell: &Cell, glyph: &CustomGlyphData) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 		let image = WidgetImage::create(WidgetImageParams {
-			round: WLength::Units(12.0),
+			round: WLength::Units(10.0),
 			glyph_data: Some(glyph.clone()),
 			..Default::default()
 		});
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ impl View {
 					size: Some(16.0),
 					align: Some(HorizontalAlign::Center),
 					shadow: Some(TextShadow {
-						color: drawing::Color::new(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.5),
+						color: drawing::Color::new(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0),
 						x: 2.0,
 						y: 2.0,
 					}),
diff --git a/uidev/src/vulkan.rs b/uidev/src/vulkan.rs
index 777e0f7..55619e9 100644
--- a/uidev/src/vulkan.rs
+++ b/uidev/src/vulkan.rs
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ pub fn init_window(
 		device,
 		queue_gfx,
 		queue_xfer,
-		vulkano::format::Format::B8G8R8A8_UNORM,
+		vulkano::format::Format::R8G8B8A8_SRGB,
 	);
 	Ok((me, event_loop, window, surface))
 }
diff --git a/wgui/assets/wgui/window_frame.xml b/wgui/assets/wgui/window_frame.xml
index da633a1..9abbbe7 100644
--- a/wgui/assets/wgui/window_frame.xml
+++ b/wgui/assets/wgui/window_frame.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
       round="16"
       border="2"
       border_color="#ffffff33"
-      color="#081020ee"
+      color="#080c20fa"
       padding="2">
       <!-- window title -->
       <div width="100%" height="32" align_items="center" position="relative" justify_content="end">
diff --git a/wgui/src/components/button.rs b/wgui/src/components/button.rs
index 359ac22..78eeeae 100644
--- a/wgui/src/components/button.rs
+++ b/wgui/src/components/button.rs
@@ -412,13 +412,13 @@ pub fn construct(ess: &mut ConstructEssentials, params: Params) -> anyhow::Resul
 	let border_color = if let Some(border_color) = params.border_color {
 		border_color
 	} else {
-		Color::new(color.r, color.g, color.b, color.a + 0.4)
+		Color::new(color.r, color.g, color.b, color.a + 0.25)
 	};
 
 	let hover_color = if let Some(hover_color) = params.hover_color {
 		hover_color
 	} else {
-		Color::new(color.r + 0.25, color.g + 0.25, color.g + 0.25, color.a + 0.25)
+		Color::new(color.r + 0.25, color.g + 0.25, color.g + 0.25, color.a + 0.15)
 	};
 
 	let hover_border_color = if let Some(hover_border_color) = params.hover_border_color {
diff --git a/wgui/src/components/slider.rs b/wgui/src/components/slider.rs
index 0a5c4ee..3a1bd38 100644
--- a/wgui/src/components/slider.rs
+++ b/wgui/src/components/slider.rs
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ pub fn construct(ess: &mut ConstructEssentials, params: Params) -> anyhow::Resul
 				WidgetLabelParams {
 					content: Translation::default(),
 					style: TextStyle {
-						color: Some(drawing::Color::new(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.75)), // always black
+						color: Some(drawing::Color::new(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0)), // always black
 						weight: Some(FontWeight::Bold),
 						align: Some(HorizontalAlign::Center),
 						..Default::default()
diff --git a/wgui/src/globals.rs b/wgui/src/globals.rs
index 6e8ccb4..82b2cab 100644
--- a/wgui/src/globals.rs
+++ b/wgui/src/globals.rs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ impl Default for Defaults {
 		Self {
 			dark_mode: true,
 			text_color: drawing::Color::new(1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0),
-			button_color: drawing::Color::new(1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 0.05),
+			button_color: drawing::Color::new(1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 0.02),
 			accent_color: drawing::Color::new(0.13, 0.68, 1.0, 1.0),
 			danger_color: drawing::Color::new(0.9, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0),
 			faded_color: drawing::Color::new(0.67, 0.74, 0.80, 1.0),