diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index 91740e5..0d8652d 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -86,26 +86,25 @@ unsigned int tabspaces = 8;
 unsigned int alpha = 0xed;
 
 static const char *colorname[] = {
-	"#073642",  /*  0: black    */
-	"#dc322f",  /*  1: red      */
-	"#859900",  /*  2: green    */
-	"#b58900",  /*  3: yellow   */
-	"#268bd2",  /*  4: blue     */
-	"#d33682",  /*  5: magenta  */
-	"#2aa198",  /*  6: cyan     */
-	"#eee8d5",  /*  7: white    */
-	"#002b36",  /*  8: brblack  */
-	"#cb4b16",  /*  9: brred    */
-	"#586e75",  /* 10: brgreen  */
-	"#657b83",  /* 11: bryellow */
-	"#839496",  /* 12: brblue   */
-	"#6c71c4",  /* 13: brmagenta*/
-	"#93a1a1",  /* 14: brcyan   */
-	"#fdf6e3",  /* 15: brwhite  */
+	"#282828", /* hard contrast: #1d2021 / soft contrast: #32302f */
+	"#cc241d",
+	"#98971a",
+	"#d79921",
+	"#458588",
+	"#b16286",
+	"#689d6a",
+	"#a89984",
+	"#928374",
+	"#fb4934",
+	"#b8bb26",
+	"#fabd2f",
+	"#83a598",
+	"#d3869b",
+	"#8ec07c",
+	"#ebdbb2",
 	/* more colors can be added after 255 to use with DefaultXX */
 	"black",   /* 256 -> bg */
-	"#00cc00", /* 257 -> fg */
-    	"magenta"  /* 258 -> cursor */
+	"brwhite", /* 257 -> fg */
 };