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Mocha "similar text" highlight difficult to see when text is light/white

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First of all, I LOVE the mocha theme. It works super well in so many seamless ways.

So far the only thing that I find difficult is when the **"similar text highlight"** is active.

This plays out differently in different text areas of visual studio.

In the main editor, clicking a single time on a word (so just setting cursor within a keyword) yields this result:

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Note the "near white" highlight over all other "similar" keywords (`Value` in this case). This isn't bad, because you can make out the blue text.

This differs from "double clicking" on a word (which then selects all of the word). The highlight goes instead to a gray:

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> This is actually good/fine/desirable compared to the "single click"

Single click mid `Parameter` is more difficult to read because its underlying color is yellowish:
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But in the find results window (List View), the single click of `Name` with white text mays this nearly impossible to read:

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I find myself clicking elsewhere to cancel the effect so that I can read the find results.

> I don't really know the more precise name for these styles/highlights. Hopefully this is enough to repro the problem!

As to what "correct behavior" would be, I would think the "double click" may be doing the "right thing"? Just may not be applied (style wise) to the "single click" thing?

How is that for vague descriptions?

Thank you for your consideration.

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