diff --git a/src/app/features/scene/skyPlate.ts b/src/app/features/scene/skyPlate.ts
index 54ff13f2..2b9f4484 100644
--- a/src/app/features/scene/skyPlate.ts
+++ b/src/app/features/scene/skyPlate.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ export const SKY_PLATE_FALLBACK = {
  * The sign-in footer's tint: how much of the plate's fill (--sky-bubble) is mixed over the blurred scene behind the
  * footer line. The footer is a blurred, tinted band with soft edges, not a plate: the scene shows through it. The
  * footer ink is the plate's, so the tint has to bring the scene behind it to where that ink clears 4.5:1
- * (skyTheme.test.ts).
+ * (skyTheme.test.ts). The browser mixes in sRGB, which gives less contrast over dark terrain than the linear mix the test
+ * computes, so the value carries margin: measured on the drawn pixels (Chrome, GTX 1070), 0.75 gave 4.49 at Dusk.
  */
-export const FOOTER_TINT = 0.75;
+export const FOOTER_TINT = 0.82;