Improved Default Theme

A theme that adjusts inactive tab colors so favicons are visible, even if they are blue!

As of May 2026, Improved Default Theme has 56 users and a 4.56/5 rating from 9 reviews.

Usersdown 3.4 percent3.4%
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Ratingno change0%
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9 reviews
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Version
5.0.3
Manifest V2

History

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Tracking since Apr 25, 2026.

70.0462.554.96Apr 25, 2026May 22, 2026
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Host access
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Screenshots

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About

The new tab system's default theme makes background/inactive tabs blue, making certain pages favicons extremely hard to see (including Chrome's own settings icons). So I adjusted them all to be an off-white.

Incognito active tab/toolbar color can't be changed independently from the non-incognito toolbar color, so we are stuck with white.

Technical

Version
5.0.3
Manifest
V2
Size
3.01KiB
Min Chrome
Languages
1
Featured
No

Metadata

ID
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Developer ID
u89349460bdd8d4596c3c7ca6251ff1de
Developer Email
[email protected]
Created
Jan 10, 2019
Last Updated (Store)
Dec 19, 2019
Last Scraped
May 22, 2026
Website
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