diff --git a/profile.d/themes/abyss.theme b/profile.d/themes/abyss.theme
index 899361c..b3f16d2 100644
--- a/profile.d/themes/abyss.theme
+++ b/profile.d/themes/abyss.theme
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ Blue="\e[0;94m"         # electric blue  (IBlue — abyss identifier colour)
 Green="\e[0;96m"        # teal           (ICyan — abyss string colour)
 Yellow="\e[0;93m"       # bright gold    (IYellow — abyss constant colour)
 
-PROMPT_COLOR_TIME_FG="$ICyan"              # electric teal clock
-PROMPT_COLOR_TIME_BG="\e[48;2;15;20;40m"  # near-black midnight bg for time
+PROMPT_COLOR_TIME_FG="$ICyan"            # electric teal clock
+PROMPT_COLOR_TIME_BG="\e[48;2;0;40;45m"  # very dark cyan bg for time
 PROMPT_COLOR_BAR_BG="\e[48;2;0;30;70m"   # deep navy bar (24-bit)
 
 PROMPT_COLOR_OK_FG="$ICyan"          # teal on success
diff --git a/profile.d/themes/light.theme b/profile.d/themes/light.theme
index e561026..e14b379 100644
--- a/profile.d/themes/light.theme
+++ b/profile.d/themes/light.theme
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 # shift to their dark/regular equivalents for contrast on a light terminal.
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-PROMPT_COLOR_TIME_FG="$Black"       # Clock text      (black on light bg — maximum contrast)
+PROMPT_COLOR_TIME_FG="$BBlack"      # Clock text      (bold black — forces true black on terminals that render Black as dark grey)
 PROMPT_COLOR_TIME_BG="$On_IWhite"   # Clock background (On_Black → On_IWhite)
 PROMPT_COLOR_BAR_BG="$On_White"     # Main bar background (On_IBlack → On_White)
 
diff --git a/profile.d/themes/plasma.theme b/profile.d/themes/plasma.theme
index 3ab7833..0af2b46 100644
--- a/profile.d/themes/plasma.theme
+++ b/profile.d/themes/plasma.theme
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Purple="\e[0;95m"       # vivid magenta  (IPurple — Plasma's signature colour)
 Cyan="\e[0;96m"         # electric cyan  (ICyan)
 
 PROMPT_COLOR_TIME_FG="$IPurple"             # vivid purple clock text
-PROMPT_COLOR_TIME_BG="$On_IBlack"           # dark grey background
+PROMPT_COLOR_TIME_BG="\e[48;2;30;30;35m"    # deep charcoal (darker than On_IBlack)
 PROMPT_COLOR_BAR_BG="\e[48;2;75;0;130m"     # deep indigo-purple (24-bit) — darker than On_Purple
 
 PROMPT_COLOR_OK_FG="$ICyan"          # electric cyan on success