diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index 1d463a5..f2a4c9f 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #define XF86AudioPause          0x1008ff31
 
 /* appearance */
-static const unsigned int borderpx  = 1;        /* border pixel of windows */
+static const unsigned int borderpx  = 2;        /* border pixel of windows */
 static const unsigned int gappx     = 5;        /* gaps between windows */
 static const unsigned int snap      = 32;       /* snap pixel */
 static const unsigned int systraypinning = 0;   /* 0: sloppy systray follows selected monitor, >0: pin systray to monitor X */
@@ -28,15 +28,15 @@ static const int showbar            = 1;        /* 0 means no bar */
 static const int topbar             = 1;        /* 0 means bottom bar */
 static const char *fonts[]          = { "monospace:size=10" };
 static const char dmenufont[]       = "monospace:size=10";
-static const char col_gray1[]       = "#141414";
-static const char col_gray2[]       = "#444444";
-static const char col_gray3[]       = "#bbbbbb";
-static const char col_gray4[]       = "#eeeeee";
-static const char col_cyan[]        = "#224488";
+static const char col_gray1[]       = "#232323";
+static const char col_gray2[]       = "#303030";
+static const char col_gray3[]       = "#404040";
+static const char col_gray4[]       = "#b1b1b1";
+static const char col_gray5[]       = "#d5bbbc";
 static const char *colors[][3]      = {
 	/*               fg         bg         border   */
-	[SchemeNorm] = { col_gray3, col_gray1, col_gray2 },
-	[SchemeSel]  = { col_gray4, col_cyan,  col_cyan  },
+	[SchemeNorm] = { col_gray4, col_gray1, col_gray2 },
+	[SchemeSel]  = { col_gray4, col_gray2, col_gray5 },
 };
 
 /* tagging */
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ 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_gray5, "-sb", col_gray2, "-sf", col_gray4, NULL };
 static const char *termcmd[]  = { "st", NULL };
 
 static Key keys[] = {