# Contrasting borders (black/white) in Brave browser without high contrast being turned on on Windows

**URL:** <https://community.brave.app/t/contrasting-borders-black-white-in-brave-browser-without-high-contrast-being-turned-on-on-windows/630207>\
**Category:** Desktop Support\
**Tags:** windows, bug, browser\
**Created:** [July 3, 2025, 3:13pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/contrasting-borders-black-white-in-brave-browser-without-high-contrast-being-turned-on-on-windows/630207 "2025-07-03T15:13:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![vventdoux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/71e660/32.png) [@vventdoux](https://community.brave.app/u/vventdoux)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2025, 3:13pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/contrasting-borders-black-white-in-brave-browser-without-high-contrast-being-turned-on-on-windows/630207/1 "2025-07-03T15:13:48Z")

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**Description of the issue:** Contrasting borders (black/white) appeared in Brave Windows browser without high contrast turned on in OS. As I gather, it’s a recurrent issue but alas I was not able to find the solution. Have seen @Mattches in these threads, so maybe there’s a way to solve this? Sorry if I mentioned you wrongfully.

**Expected result:** No disruptive borders.

**Brave Version( check `About Brave`):** [Brave 1.80.115 (Official Build) (64-bit)](https://brave.com/latest/)

Chromium: 138.0.7204.97

 ![2](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/brave/original/3X/e/5/e5680bede313f7450a5edb6045e7bfcc05b6f322.png)  
 ![1](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/brave/original/3X/7/5/75429156c9b65aa501177a88089192d72df2a010.png)

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**Author:** ![Mattches](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/mattches/32/25189_2.png) [@Mattches](https://community.brave.app/u/Mattches)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2025, 6:03pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/contrasting-borders-black-white-in-brave-browser-without-high-contrast-being-turned-on-on-windows/630207/2 "2025-07-07T18:03:52Z")

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It looks like you may have some sort of accessibility feature enabled. I can see this if I go to `Settings --> Accessibility` in Brave and toggle the `Show a quick highlight on the focused object` option “on”. When I do I get this weird little highlight when I click around just like yours (note that I’m in dark mode so it looks slightly different):

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/brave/original/3X/e/1/e146b0b6a47fb4264a532823c2f52aa60e431ee0.png)

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/brave/original/3X/6/5/6549ec68430f7af944e98abcb75372a70549e20b.png)

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**Author:** ![vventdoux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/71e660/32.png) [@vventdoux](https://community.brave.app/u/vventdoux)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2025, 5:40am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/contrasting-borders-black-white-in-brave-browser-without-high-contrast-being-turned-on-on-windows/630207/3 "2025-07-09T05:40:36Z")

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Thank you so much, it worked!

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**Author:** ![Mattches](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/mattches/32/25189_2.png) [@Mattches](https://community.brave.app/u/Mattches)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2025, 5:24pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/contrasting-borders-black-white-in-brave-browser-without-high-contrast-being-turned-on-on-windows/630207/4 "2025-07-09T17:24:30Z")

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Closed on July 9, 2025, 5:24pm UTC