diff --git a/src-mdviewer/src/styles/markdown.css b/src-mdviewer/src/styles/markdown.css
index 22289a69e..44e432ebb 100644
--- a/src-mdviewer/src/styles/markdown.css
+++ b/src-mdviewer/src/styles/markdown.css
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@
   margin-inline: auto;
 }
 
+@media (min-width: 450px) {
+  .markdown-body {
+    padding-inline: 70px;
+  }
+}
+
 /* Headings — Confluence/Atlassian scale */
 .markdown-body h1,
 .markdown-body h2,
diff --git a/src-mdviewer/src/styles/themes/variables.css b/src-mdviewer/src/styles/themes/variables.css
index 7788bd72c..1fc99039b 100644
--- a/src-mdviewer/src/styles/themes/variables.css
+++ b/src-mdviewer/src/styles/themes/variables.css
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   --font-size-content: clamp(1rem, 0.925rem + 0.25vw, 1.125rem);
   --line-height: 1.6;
   --line-height-heading: 1.25;
-  --content-max-width: 1100px;
+  --content-max-width: 90ch;
   --letter-spacing: normal;
 
   /* Layout */
diff --git a/src/styles/brackets_theme_default.less b/src/styles/brackets_theme_default.less
index e4c7c7189..1e4472cbf 100644
--- a/src/styles/brackets_theme_default.less
+++ b/src/styles/brackets_theme_default.less
@@ -94,13 +94,13 @@
 @project-panel-base-color: @bc-project-files-bg;
 @bc-working-set-bg: #2f2f2f;
 @bc-project-files-bg: #252525;
-@project-panel-text-1: #ffffff;
-@project-panel-text-2: #adb9bd;
+@project-panel-text-1: #e0e0e0;
+@project-panel-text-2: #a8b0b4;
 @main-toolbar-background-color: #252525;
 
 /* open working file highlight */
-@open-working-file-name-highlight: #8fddff;
-@open-working-file-ext-highlight: #8fddff;
+@open-working-file-name-highlight: #85d0f0;
+@open-working-file-ext-highlight: #85d0f0;
 
 /* selection colors */
 @selection-color-focused: #abdffa;