Notion's default look leans on soft grays for borders and secondary text — easy on the eyes for some, harder to read for others, especially on certain screens.
Here's the trick:
High contrast mode sharpens up text, icons, and borders across the whole app, without changing your actual content or layout.
How to turn it on
- Open Settings.
- Go to Preferences.
- Under Appearance, turn on High contrast.
Where it helps most
Anyone who finds Notion's default muted grays hard to read, especially on lower-brightness screens or in bright ambient light.
One thing to watch for
As of this writing it's available on desktop and web, but not yet on every mobile client — worth checking whether your platform has it if you don't see the option.
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