diff --git a/site/src/scripts/hero-rack.js b/site/src/scripts/hero-rack.js
index d4f5551c..3f1005c8 100644
--- a/site/src/scripts/hero-rack.js
+++ b/site/src/scripts/hero-rack.js
@@ -60,12 +60,12 @@ function splatterTexture() {
       ctx.fill();
     }
   };
-  // Pool: dark heart, then arterial red over it — dense, so the
-  // glancing camera angle cannot wash it to pink.
-  blobs(30, '#8e0808', 0.14, 0.035, 0.1);
-  blobs(55, '#c60d0d', 0.21, 0.025, 0.09);
+  // Pool: near-black heart, then deep dried-blood red over it — dense,
+  // so the glancing camera angle cannot wash it to pink.
+  blobs(30, '#4f0404', 0.14, 0.035, 0.1);
+  blobs(55, '#8a0808', 0.21, 0.025, 0.09);
   // Directional spray: droplets flung wide.
-  ctx.fillStyle = '#d01111';
+  ctx.fillStyle = '#9c0b0b';
   for (let i = 0; i < 190; i++) {
     const a = (Math.random() - 0.5) * 1.35;
     const d = size * (0.1 + Math.random() * Math.random() * 0.46);