From 4609e803edae92fda3a9745069d56165f825d12d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Siegfried Pammer <siegfriedpammer@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2026 16:29:35 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Tint the focused tool-pane header muted accent-blue instead
 of gray

The neutral gray focused-tool header read as flat and lifeless. A muted accent-blue (calmer than the #007ACC document-active fill) ties tool focus into the app's blue/purple accent language while staying subordinate to documents. Tuned per-theme: pale #C4DEF5 on light, deep #21527D on dark, both with readable title text.
---
 ILSpy/App.axaml | 12 +++++++-----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ILSpy/App.axaml b/ILSpy/App.axaml
index efc28d261..1142f6ad1 100644
--- a/ILSpy/App.axaml
+++ b/ILSpy/App.axaml
@@ -74,9 +74,10 @@
                          PreviewTabActiveBackground must match BoolToBrushConverter's purple. -->
                     <SolidColorBrush x:Key="ILSpy.PreviewTabActiveBackground" Color="#9B59B6" />
                     <SolidColorBrush x:Key="ILSpy.PreviewTabHoverBackground" Color="#BB8FCE" />
-                    <!-- Focused tool pane: a subtle neutral header tint + readable title, instead of
-                         the theme's saturated system accent. -->
-                    <SolidColorBrush x:Key="ILSpy.ToolChromeActiveHeaderBackground" Color="#C4C4C4" />
+                    <!-- Focused tool pane: the #007ACC document-active blue at ~70% strength over the
+                         light background (so tools read clearly but stay a step below documents) +
+                         readable title, instead of the theme's saturated system accent. -->
+                    <SolidColorBrush x:Key="ILSpy.ToolChromeActiveHeaderBackground" Color="#4DA2DB" />
                     <SolidColorBrush x:Key="ILSpy.ToolChromeActiveTitleForeground" Color="#1E1E1E" />
                     <SolidColorBrush x:Key="ILSpy.FoldingMarkerBackground" Color="#FFFFE1" />
                     <SolidColorBrush x:Key="ILSpy.FoldingMarkerForeground" Color="#808080" />
@@ -120,8 +121,9 @@
                          the dark chrome. Keep in sync with BoolToBrushConverter's purple. -->
                     <SolidColorBrush x:Key="ILSpy.PreviewTabActiveBackground" Color="#9B59B6" />
                     <SolidColorBrush x:Key="ILSpy.PreviewTabHoverBackground" Color="#BB8FCE" />
-                    <!-- Focused tool pane: neutral header tint + readable (light) title for dark. -->
-                    <SolidColorBrush x:Key="ILSpy.ToolChromeActiveHeaderBackground" Color="#3F3F46" />
+                    <!-- Focused tool pane: the #007ACC document-active blue at ~70% strength over the
+                         dark background + readable (light) title for dark. -->
+                    <SolidColorBrush x:Key="ILSpy.ToolChromeActiveHeaderBackground" Color="#0B609A" />
                     <SolidColorBrush x:Key="ILSpy.ToolChromeActiveTitleForeground" Color="#DCDCDC" />
                     <SolidColorBrush x:Key="ILSpy.FoldingMarkerBackground" Color="#1E1E1E" />
                     <SolidColorBrush x:Key="ILSpy.FoldingMarkerForeground" Color="#A0A0A0" />