element-hq / element-hq/element-web

`highlight` text is not accessible on dark theme

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A-Timeline S-Minor T-Defect
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Description

### Steps to reproduce

1. Visit the timeline
2. Observe a message that is a reply

### Outcome

#### What did you expect?
Text with accessible contrast.

#### What happened instead?
Text has low contrast that is hard to read and fails accessibility test.

Evidence: https://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/?fcolor=F34441&bcolor=1D1F24

![image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f03e21d1-2bbe-4b36-baa2-c18990ffa5d5)

### Operating system

Windows 11

### Application version

Element version: 1.11.71 Crypto version: Rust SDK 0.7.1 (80a151e), Vodozemac 0.6.0

### How did you install the app?

element.io

### Homeserver

element.io

### Will you send logs?

No

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