diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 0d9d71e..2a32e89 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ source=("http://dl.suckless.org/st/st-$pkgver.tar.gz"
         "${_patches[@]}")
 
 sha256sums=('aeb74e10aa11ed364e1bcc635a81a523119093e63befd2f231f8b0705b15bf35'
-            '2479b5f9c0b31342e7ede5e37902e84c8ea26a4454e17dc584aa1845eaead129'
+            '6426655ffb29d30abce96538405605ac000e97555a79e5630f62c5a713dcb89d'
             '7be1a09831f13361f5659aaad55110bde99b25c8ba826c11d1d7fcec21f32945'
             '30c9bcec5801614dd5cc8b96f470d7431e83d5d2af87bb2305df60082e5ab4ed'
             '3fb38940cc3bad3f9cd1e2a0796ebd0e48950a07860ecf8523a5afd0cd1b5a44'
diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index 3411ca1..edb331f 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -93,24 +93,22 @@ float alpha = 0.8;
 
 /* Terminal colors (16 first used in escape sequence) */
 static const char *colorname[] = {
-	/* solarized dark */
-	"#073642",  /*  0: black    */
-	"#dc322f",  /*  1: red      */
-	"#859900",  /*  2: green    */
-	"#b58900",  /*  3: yellow   */
-	"#268bd2",  /*  4: blue     */
-	"#d33682",  /*  5: magenta  */
-	"#2aa198",  /*  6: cyan     */
-	"#eee8d5",  /*  7: white    */
-	"#002b36",  /*  8: brblack  */
-	"#cb4b16",  /*  9: brred    */
-	"#586e75",  /* 10: brgreen  */
-	"#657b83",  /* 11: bryellow */
-	"#839496",  /* 12: brblue   */
-	"#6c71c4",  /* 13: brmagenta*/
-	"#93a1a1",  /* 14: brcyan   */
-	"#fdf6e3",  /* 15: brwhite  */
-	"black",
+	"#282828", /* hard contrast: #1d2021 / soft contrast: #32302f */
+	"#cc241d",
+	"#98971a",
+	"#d79921",
+	"#458588",
+	"#b16286",
+	"#689d6a",
+	"#a89984",
+	"#928374",
+	"#fb4934",
+	"#b8bb26",
+	"#fabd2f",
+	"#83a598",
+	"#d3869b",
+	"#8ec07c",
+	"#ebdbb2",
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/config_desktop.h b/config_desktop.h
index 7dd5945..c2ed4ff 100644
--- a/config_desktop.h
+++ b/config_desktop.h
@@ -93,24 +93,22 @@ float alpha = 0.8;
 
 /* Terminal colors (16 first used in escape sequence) */
 static const char *colorname[] = {
-	/* solarized dark */
-	"#073642",  /*  0: black    */
-	"#dc322f",  /*  1: red      */
-	"#859900",  /*  2: green    */
-	"#b58900",  /*  3: yellow   */
-	"#268bd2",  /*  4: blue     */
-	"#d33682",  /*  5: magenta  */
-	"#2aa198",  /*  6: cyan     */
-	"#eee8d5",  /*  7: white    */
-	"#002b36",  /*  8: brblack  */
-	"#cb4b16",  /*  9: brred    */
-	"#586e75",  /* 10: brgreen  */
-	"#657b83",  /* 11: bryellow */
-	"#839496",  /* 12: brblue   */
-	"#6c71c4",  /* 13: brmagenta*/
-	"#93a1a1",  /* 14: brcyan   */
-	"#fdf6e3",  /* 15: brwhite  */
-	"black",
+	"#282828", /* hard contrast: #1d2021 / soft contrast: #32302f */
+	"#cc241d",
+	"#98971a",
+	"#d79921",
+	"#458588",
+	"#b16286",
+	"#689d6a",
+	"#a89984",
+	"#928374",
+	"#fb4934",
+	"#b8bb26",
+	"#fabd2f",
+	"#83a598",
+	"#d3869b",
+	"#8ec07c",
+	"#ebdbb2",
 };
 
 /*