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diff --git a/src/app/(home)/Connect.tsx b/src/app/(home)/Connect.tsx
index 46e6183..fe8ceac 100644
--- a/src/app/(home)/Connect.tsx
+++ b/src/app/(home)/Connect.tsx
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export function Connect() {
     <div className="mt-6">
       <div className="mb-2">
         <h3 className="font-display font-medium">Connect</h3>
-        <p className="text-xs flex gap-1 flex-wrap italic text-muted-foreground">
+        <p className="text-xs flex gap-1 flex-wrap italic text-foreground/80">
           reach me at{" "}
           <a
             target="_blank"
diff --git a/src/app/(home)/page.tsx b/src/app/(home)/page.tsx
index e79e97c..0bc9adf 100644
--- a/src/app/(home)/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/(home)/page.tsx
@@ -29,10 +29,7 @@ export default function Page() {
         <div className="">
           <p className="text-xs italic">I like to build things</p>
           <p className="text-xs">
-            Software Engineer{" "}
-            <a className="text-primary" href="https://phonepe.com">
-              @PhonePe
-            </a>
+            Software Engineer <a href="https://phonepe.com">@PhonePe</a>
           </p>
         </div>
         <section>
@@ -49,7 +46,7 @@ export default function Page() {
         <section className="connect-section">
           <Connect />
         </section>
-        <BackgroundGradentProvider className="h-screen -z-10 w-full opacity-60 saturate-200" />
+        <BackgroundGradentProvider className="h-screen -z-10 w-full opacity-60" />
       </div>
       <Footer />
     </main>
@@ -60,7 +57,7 @@ function Now() {
   return (
     <div className="mt-4">
       <h3 className="font-display font-medium">Now</h3>
-      <div className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">
+      <div className="text-xs text-foreground/80">
         <p>
           Experimenting with anything I can find before we get replaced by AGI.{" "}
           <span className="italic font-serif">
@@ -68,21 +65,13 @@ function Now() {
           </span>
         </p>
         <p className="mt-4">
-          Building Tools{" "}
-          <a className="text-primary" href="https://phonepe.com">
-            @PhonePe
-          </a>{" "}
-          to manage thousands of servers and their network.
+          Building Tools <a href="https://phonepe.com">@PhonePe</a> to manage
+          thousands of servers and their network.
         </p>
         <p className="mt-4">
           Trying out design system inspired by{" "}
-          <a className="text-primary" href="https://paco.me/">
-            @paco
-          </a>{" "}
-          &{" "}
-          <a className="text-primary" href="https://rauno.me/projects">
-            @runo
-          </a>
+          <a href="https://paco.me/">@paco</a> &{" "}
+          <a href="https://rauno.me/projects">@runo</a>
           {"'s"} designs.
         </p>
       </div>
@@ -95,7 +84,7 @@ function Stories() {
     <div className="mt-6">
       <div className="mb-2">
         <h3 className="font-display font-medium">Stories</h3>
-        <p className="text-xs italic text-muted-foreground">
+        <p className="text-xs italic text-foreground/80">
           My tech blogs and other writings.
         </p>
       </div>
@@ -109,11 +98,9 @@ function Projects() {
     <div className="mt-6">
       <div className="">
         <h3 className="font-display font-medium">Favorite Projects</h3>
-        <p className="text-xs italic text-muted-foreground">
+        <p className="text-xs italic text-foreground/80">
           You can check out all of them on my{" "}
-          <a className="text-primary" href="https://github.com/xrehpicx">
-            github.
-          </a>
+          <a href="https://github.com/xrehpicx">github.</a>
         </p>
       </div>
 
@@ -165,14 +152,12 @@ function Project({
       <div className="flex items-center gap-1">
         <h4 className="font-display font-medium text-sm">{title}</h4>
         {href ? (
-          <a href={href} className="group" target="_blank">
-            <ExternalLink className="w-3 group-hover:animate-bounce" />
+          <a href={href} className="" target="_blank">
+            <ExternalLink className="w-3" />
           </a>
         ) : null}
       </div>
-      <p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground text-balance">
-        {description}
-      </p>
+      <p className="text-xs text-foreground/80 text-balance">{description}</p>
     </div>
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/app/globals.css b/src/app/globals.css
index dd5f32f..a41f5b2 100644
--- a/src/app/globals.css
+++ b/src/app/globals.css
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     --popover: 0 0% 100%;
     --popover-foreground: 20 14.3% 4.1%;
 
-    --primary: 180 80% 30%;
+    --primary: 240 60% 60%;
     --primary-foreground: 60 9.1% 97.8%;
 
     --secondary: 60 4.8% 95.9%;
@@ -74,3 +74,7 @@
     @apply bg-background text-foreground;
   }
 }
+
+a {
+  @apply text-primary font-medium hover:underline underline-offset-2;
+}
diff --git a/src/components/gradient-provider.tsx b/src/components/gradient-provider.tsx
index d0dca72..5679c90 100644
--- a/src/components/gradient-provider.tsx
+++ b/src/components/gradient-provider.tsx
@@ -54,18 +54,22 @@ export function BackgroundGradentProvider({
 }) {
   return (
     <motion.div
-      initial={{ opacity: 0 }}
-      animate={{ opacity: 1 }}
       className={cn(
-        "fixed overflow-hidden w-full h-full opacity-50 top-0 left-0",
+        "fixed overflow-hidden w-full h-full opacity-20 top-0 left-0",
         className,
       )}
     >
-      <Image
-        className="w-full h-full object-cover"
-        src={background_gradient}
-        alt="gradient"
-      />
+      <motion.div
+        className="w-full h-full"
+        initial={{ opacity: 0 }}
+        animate={{ opacity: 1 }}
+      >
+        <Image
+          className="w-full h-full object-cover"
+          src={background_gradient}
+          alt="gradient"
+        />
+      </motion.div>
     </motion.div>
   );
 }