diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/themes_quassel.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/themes_quassel.xml
index 016983950fad2c32ca83d74cb5afb1701db70c7d..025b6c858247c780e37398a3bf63e724c39a2756 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/themes_quassel.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/themes_quassel.xml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
     <item name="senderColorF">#cc004d</item>
 
     <item name="colorForeground">#FFFFFF</item>
-    <item name="colorForegroundHighlight">#FFFFFF</item>
+    <item name="colorForegroundHighlight">#DE000000</item>
     <item name="colorForegroundSecondary">#B3FFFFFF</item>
     <item name="colorForegroundAction">#7986cb</item>
     <item name="colorForegroundNotice">#916409</item>