diff --git a/src/ui/material/draw_helpers.h b/src/ui/material/draw_helpers.h
index eb37dde..3e4d29c 100644
--- a/src/ui/material/draw_helpers.h
+++ b/src/ui/material/draw_helpers.h
@@ -746,13 +746,13 @@ inline void DrawFullWindowBlurBackdrop(ImDrawList* dl, const ImVec2& pMin, const
         params.absoluteBlurRadius = true;                     // fixed modal blur — independent of the user's acrylic slider
         params.fallbackColor.w = 1.0f;                        // full-strength blur so the live content reads
         effects::ImGuiAcrylic::DrawAcrylicRect(dl, pMin, pMax, params, 0.0f);
-        // Dim over the blur so the floating (card-less) modal reads as foreground. On DARK themes the
-        // theme-tinted frost darkens the backdrop and the light content pops. On LIGHT themes that same
-        // tint whitens the backdrop and leaves card-less content with no figure/ground separation — so
-        // light themes get a neutral dark veil instead, which also makes the modal's fields/buttons stand
-        // out from the (now slightly greyed) surround. Both a touch stronger than before (was alpha 70).
+        // Veil over the blur so the floating (card-less) modal reads as foreground. On DARK themes a
+        // theme-tinted frost darkens the backdrop and the light content pops. On LIGHT themes the modal's
+        // own controls carry a dropshadow for figure/ground, so the backdrop stays LIGHT — a theme-tinted
+        // light frost — rather than a dark veil (which made a "light" theme read dark and sank the
+        // dark-on-light chrome into it).
         if (IsLightTheme())
-            dl->AddRectFilled(pMin, pMax, IM_COL32(16, 18, 24, 200));     // neutral dark veil anchors on white
+            dl->AddRectFilled(pMin, pMax, WithAlpha(Background(), 205));  // light frost — dropshadows give shape
         else
             dl->AddRectFilled(pMin, pMax, WithAlpha(Background(), 120));  // theme-tinted darken, stronger
     }