diff --git a/web/zebra-spaces.html b/web/zebra-spaces.html
index 6f1bc8e..f531f64 100644
--- a/web/zebra-spaces.html
+++ b/web/zebra-spaces.html
@@ -275,15 +275,19 @@
   .tile-thumb .viewing-badge {
     position: absolute; inset: 0;
     display: grid; place-items: center;
-    background: rgba(0,0,0,0.55); color: #fff;
+    background: rgba(0,0,0,0.22); color: #fff;
     font-family: monospace; font-size: 0.75rem; letter-spacing: 0.05em;
     text-transform: uppercase; pointer-events: none;
+    text-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.75);
     opacity: 0; transition: opacity 0.12s;
     z-index: 5;
   }
   .tile-thumb.viewing { cursor: default; }
   .tile-thumb.viewing:hover { outline: none; }
-  .tile-thumb.viewing > video { opacity: 0.35; }
+  /* keep the underlying stream legible — a soft dim is enough to
+   * read as 'this is what's in the spotlight slot', no need to
+   * blacken it. */
+  .tile-thumb.viewing > video { opacity: 0.75; }
   .tile-thumb.viewing .viewing-badge { opacity: 1; }
   /* spotlight sizing — a camera in the spotlight uses contain so the
    * whole frame is visible (not cropped like the thumb cover) */
@@ -3783,9 +3787,9 @@ logLine('', 'ready — pick a handle, type a rendezvous code, enter the space');
 </script>
 
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