diff --git a/prosekit-editor.js b/prosekit-editor.js
index bbaf7c6..13b7380 100644
--- a/prosekit-editor.js
+++ b/prosekit-editor.js
@@ -137,7 +137,9 @@ function defineGiteaRepoEmbed() {
           { href: url, style: 'font-weight:600;text-decoration:none;color:inherit;' },
           `${owner}/${repo}`,
         ],
-        ['div', { style: 'opacity:0.7;font-size:0.9rem;margin-top:0.25em;' }, description],
+        // Solid mid-gray, not opacity - dim on both the newsletter's
+        // light client background and this app's dark paper.
+        ['div', { style: 'color:#9a9a9a;font-size:0.9rem;margin-top:0.25em;' }, description],
       ]
     },
   })
diff --git a/style/main.css b/style/main.css
index 5d6ca22..240ca04 100644
--- a/style/main.css
+++ b/style/main.css
@@ -444,6 +444,17 @@ textarea:focus {
   box-shadow: 0 0 0 0.18rem var(--accent-soft);
 }
 
+/* One placeholder treatment for every input-like surface: solid
+   ink-dim, no translucency. opacity: 1 also undoes the UA's own
+   placeholder dimming (Firefox) and ProseKit's 0.3 on its
+   placeholder pseudo-element, which read far dimmer than the
+   native inputs next to it. */
+::placeholder,
+.prosekit-editor .prosekit-placeholder::before {
+  color: var(--ink-dim);
+  opacity: 1;
+}
+
 .prosekit-wrap {
   background: var(--paper);
   border: 0.06rem solid var(--line);