diff --git a/docs/themerc b/docs/themerc
index 140bfa8a..0a27c43a 100644
--- a/docs/themerc
+++ b/docs/themerc
@@ -1,10 +1,20 @@
-window.active.title.bg.color: #589bda
-window.active.handle.bg.color: #3c7cb7
-window.inactive.title.bg.color: #efece6
-window.active.button.unpressed.image.color: #ffffff
+# general
+border.width: 1
+
+# window border
+window.active.border.color: #dddad6
+window.inactive.border.color: #f6f5f4
+
+# window title
+window.active.title.bg.color: #dddad6
+window.inactive.title.bg.color: #f6f5f4
+
+# window buttons
+window.active.button.unpressed.image.color: #000000
 window.inactive.button.unpressed.image.color: #000000
 
+# menu
 menu.items.bg.color: #fcfbfa
 menu.items.text.color: #000000
-menu.items.active.bg.color: #4a90d9
-menu.items.active.text.color: #ffffff
+menu.items.active.bg.color: #dddad6
+menu.items.active.text.color: #000000
diff --git a/src/theme.c b/src/theme.c
index bfbbffce..e7722035 100644
--- a/src/theme.c
+++ b/src/theme.c
@@ -65,19 +65,19 @@ void theme_builtin(struct theme *theme)
 {
 	theme->border_width = 1;
 
-	parse_hexstr("#3c7cb7", theme->window_active_border_color);
-	parse_hexstr("#efece6", theme->window_inactive_border_color);
+	parse_hexstr("#dddad6", theme->window_active_border_color);
+	parse_hexstr("#f6f5f4", theme->window_inactive_border_color);
 
-	parse_hexstr("#589bda", theme->window_active_title_bg_color);
-	parse_hexstr("#efece6", theme->window_inactive_title_bg_color);
+	parse_hexstr("#dddad6", theme->window_active_title_bg_color);
+	parse_hexstr("#f6f5f4", theme->window_inactive_title_bg_color);
 
-	parse_hexstr("#ffffff", theme->window_active_button_unpressed_image_color);
+	parse_hexstr("#000000", theme->window_active_button_unpressed_image_color);
 	parse_hexstr("#000000", theme->window_inactive_button_unpressed_image_color);
 
 	parse_hexstr("#fcfbfa", theme->menu_items_bg_color);
 	parse_hexstr("#000000", theme->menu_items_text_color);
-	parse_hexstr("#4a90d9", theme->menu_items_active_bg_color);
-	parse_hexstr("#ffffff", theme->menu_items_active_text_color);
+	parse_hexstr("#dddad6", theme->menu_items_active_bg_color);
+	parse_hexstr("#000000", theme->menu_items_active_text_color);
 }
 
 static bool