iOS 26 Change Contacts Background Color

[stressed]

I updated my iPhone 16 Pro Max to iOS 26. I noticed when I looked at my contacts, each contact background is like a purple color. I don't like this as I can't see the contact info; I need more light. I don't even run my computers in dark mode as I can't see that well. I would like all of my contacts to have the white background like it used to be before updating to iOS 26 so I can see the contact info. Any ideas how I can change the background color back to white? Thank you.

 

[Paddle1]

I updated my iPhone 16 Pro Max to iOS 26. I noticed when I looked at my contacts, each contact background is like a purple color. I don't like this as I can't see the contact info; I need more light. I don't even run my computers in dark mode as I can't see that well. I would like all of my contacts to have the white background like it used to be before updating to iOS 26 so I can see the contact info. Any ideas how I can change the background color back to white? Thank you.

You'll have to customize each individual contact poster to change the background.

Or for something a bit quicker, you can go to Settings > Accessibility > Display & Text Size and turn Increase Contrast on (if you haven't already). This is a system-wide setting but you can enable it per-app if you'd prefer.

 

[stressed]

You'll have to customize each individual contact poster to change the background.

Or for something a bit quicker, you can go to Settings > Accessibility > Display & Text Size and turn Increase Contrast on (if you haven't already). This is a system-wide setting but you can enable it per-app if you'd prefer.

@Paddle1 Thank you for the reply. Well, this is rather unfortunate. I wonder if Apple, in their infinite wisdom to make choices for me without thinking or asking, especially for the aging demographic, actually understands whether the user can see the information being displayed on the screen when they need light to see? Any type of mode for those that cannot see as well in the dark is not ideal. I, as well as others I know, need light to be able to see their screens better. Anyway, I digress... Yes, I did some searching before posting and couldn't find anything. Hmmm, with over 500 contacts in my phone, I seriously doubt that I'm going to change the background of each contact individually. Yes, I did some poking around in Settings > Accessibility > Display & Text Size with no joy. How do I ask Apple to change all of my contacts background back to white with black text/lettering/numbering? Any thoughts on how I can do this would be great. Thank you!

 

[Paddle1]

@Paddle1 Thank you for the reply. Well, this is rather unfortunate. I wonder if Apple, in their infinite wisdom to make choices for me without thinking or asking, especially for the aging demographic, actually understands whether the user can see the information being displayed on the screen when they need light to see? Any type of mode for those that cannot see as well in the dark is not ideal. I, as well as others I know, need light to be able to see their screens better. Anyway, I digress... Yes, I did some searching before posting and couldn't find anything. Hmmm, with over 500 contacts in my phone, I seriously doubt that I'm going to change the background of each contact individually. Yes, I did some poking around in Settings > Accessibility > Display & Text Size with no joy. How do I ask Apple to change all of my contacts background back to white with black text/lettering/numbering? Any thoughts on how I can do this would be great. Thank you!

You can submit feedback at this link, whether they will respond to it I'm not sure. https://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone/

Issues with legibility is a common complaint with iOS 26 so hopefully it's something they're working on.