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[Bug] Placeholder text and UI elements render in white instead of gray on macOS with dark terminal background (tmux + truecolor) #2226

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Version: 1.0.10
OS: macOS 15.5
Terminal: Alacritty (and reproduced on macOS default terminal)
Shell: zsh
TERM: tmux-256color (and reproduced with TERM=xterm-256color)
COLORTERM: truecolor
Theme tried: default, high-contrast
Symptoms: Placeholder text renders as full white instead of gray; no visible difference between color modes

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1.0.10

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I expect that placeholder, and other options are gray instead of fully white.

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    area:terminal-renderingDisplay and rendering: flickering, scrolling, line wrapping, output formattingarea:theming-accessibilityVisual themes, colors, dark/light mode, contrast, screen readers, i18n/RTL

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