diff --git a/colors.tex b/colors.tex
index b57f2da..4c1cf10 100644
--- a/colors.tex
+++ b/colors.tex
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@
 % \definecolor{ese_bg_color}{rgb}{0.796, 0.376, 0.251} % the definitive color -- #CB6040 (2018)
 % \definecolor{ese_bg_color}{rgb}{0.0, 0.47, 0.3} % wip-ish color -- #01794C (2019)
 %\definecolor{ese_bg_color}{RGB}{5,109,133} % final_really_final -- #056d85 (2020)
+% \definecolor{ese_bg_color}{RGB}{5,109,133} % final_really_final -- #056d85 (2020)
+% \definecolor{ese_bg_color}{RGB}{155,30,70} % complement -- #9B1E46 (2021)
+\definecolor{ese_bg_color}{RGB}{149, 128, 255} % violent -- #9580FF (2022)
 
-\definecolor{ese_bg_color}{RGB/cmyk}{155,30,70/0,0.9,0.6,0.1} % complement -- #9B1E46 (2021)
 \definecolor{ese_fg_color}{rgb/cmyk}{1,1,1/0,0,0,0}
 
 \definecolor{fancypageref_color}{RGB/cmyk}{155,30,70/0,0.9,0.6,0.1} %
diff --git a/preamble.tex b/preamble.tex
index cb48bd3..2eac160 100644
--- a/preamble.tex
+++ b/preamble.tex
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 \usepackage[colorlinks=false, pdfborder={0 0 0}]{hyperref}
 
 \input{colors.tex}
-
 % is toggled twice for moduluebersicht.tex
 \changemenucolor{gray}{bg}{named}{ese_fg_color} %background of the menukeys
 \changemenucolor{gray}{br}{named}{ese_bg_color} %border of the menukeys