# Greater contrast between weekends and weekdays in gantt and timeline views for dark mode

**URL:** <https://forum.asana.com/t/greater-contrast-between-weekends-and-weekdays-in-gantt-and-timeline-views-for-dark-mode/1004062>\
**Category:** Product Ideas\
**Created:** [18 December 2024 08:22 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/greater-contrast-between-weekends-and-weekdays-in-gantt-and-timeline-views-for-dark-mode/1004062 "2024-12-18T08:22:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Andy\_Wellons](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/andy_wellons/32/126173_2.png) [@Andy\_Wellons](https://forum.asana.com/u/Andy_Wellons)\
**Post date:** [18 December 2024 08:22 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/greater-contrast-between-weekends-and-weekdays-in-gantt-and-timeline-views-for-dark-mode/1004062/1 "2024-12-18T08:22:00Z")

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Dark mode is fantastic, but the shades chosen for the weekend and the weekdays are too similiar which results in my team having difficulty diferentiating them. Would be fantastic if the weekends could be a shade lighter to provide more contrast.

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Berger\_lpb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/larry_berger_lpb/32/276017_2.png) [@Larry\_Berger\_lpb](https://forum.asana.com/u/Larry_Berger_lpb)\
**Post date:** [27 May 2025 17:06 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/greater-contrast-between-weekends-and-weekdays-in-gantt-and-timeline-views-for-dark-mode/1004062/2 "2025-05-27T17:06:18Z")

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_ **Note: Not a solution but marked as such to elevate a key reply** _

If you vote for this request , consider also voting for this related one:

> [@Gantt - Weekend Colour](https://forum.asana.com/t/gantt-weekend-colour/1065525):
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> Hi, This is just a minor issue I have with the Gantt chart in Asana I thought might be worth mentioning. The weekends on the Gantt, are only a shade or 2 darker than the week days. I don’t think they are dark enough, I find it quite a struggle to differentiate between the 2. And if I have a quite a bit of work to do in the Gantt view, my eyes really start to struggle. Not sure if anyone else has the same struggles with it, but it seems like a relatively easy thing to adjust if others would al…

Thanks,

Larry
