diff --git a/.config/quickshell/modules/common/Appearance.qml b/.config/quickshell/modules/common/Appearance.qml
index 70437e12a..c8b62350a 100644
--- a/.config/quickshell/modules/common/Appearance.qml
+++ b/.config/quickshell/modules/common/Appearance.qml
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ Singleton {
 
     colors: QtObject {
         property color colSubtext: m3colors.m3outline
-        property color colLayer0: ColorUtils.transparentize(m3colors.m3background, root.transparency)
+        property color colLayer0: ColorUtils.mix(ColorUtils.transparentize(m3colors.m3background, root.transparency), m3colors.m3primary, Config.options.appearance.extraBackgroundTint ? 0.97 : 1)
         property color colOnLayer0: m3colors.m3onBackground
         property color colLayer0Hover: ColorUtils.transparentize(ColorUtils.mix(colLayer0, colOnLayer0, 0.9, root.contentTransparency))
         property color colLayer0Active: ColorUtils.transparentize(ColorUtils.mix(colLayer0, colOnLayer0, 0.8, root.contentTransparency))
diff --git a/.config/quickshell/modules/common/Config.qml b/.config/quickshell/modules/common/Config.qml
index 76b45df10..e8f2f39de 100644
--- a/.config/quickshell/modules/common/Config.qml
+++ b/.config/quickshell/modules/common/Config.qml
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ Singleton {
             }
 
             property JsonObject appearance: JsonObject {
+                property bool extraBackgroundTint: true
                 property int fakeScreenRounding: 2 // 0: None | 1: Always | 2: When not fullscreen
                 property bool transparency: false
                 property JsonObject palette: JsonObject {