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Explanation of Change

This PR fixes four deploy blockers introduced by PR #85197 (High Contrast theme):

  1. Invisible mentions in dark high-contrast mode ([Due for payment 2026-04-14] Theme - Highlighted search query and mention are not visible when high contrast mode is enabled #86339): The dark-contrast theme set mentionText to colors.blue600 but did not override mentionBG, which inherits colors.blue600 from the base dark theme. This made mention text and background the same color (#0164BF), rendering mentions invisible. Fixed by adding mentionBG: colors.blue200 to dark-contrast.ts.

  2. Enter key doesn't toggle high contrast switch ([Due for payment 2026-04-14] Preference - Unable to turn on the high contrast mode toggle using enter key #86346): The disableEnterShortcut guard in BaseSelectionList only checked for button and checkbox roles. When the Switch (role=switch) had focus inside the SelectionList footer, pressing Enter triggered the list's keyboard shortcut instead. Fixed by adding CONST.ROLE.SWITCH to both BaseSelectionList.tsx and BaseSelectionListWithSections.tsx.

  3. Badge backgrounds blend with sidebar in dark high-contrast (Reports - The number blended with the highlight in dark mood #86347): Badge colors (green700/tangerine700) were too dark against the dark sidebar backgrounds, making them virtually invisible. Fixed by overriding badgeSuccessBG and badgeDangerBG to brighter 500-level palette colors in dark-contrast.ts.

  4. GBR badge ignores high contrast theme ([Due for payment 2026-04-14] Theme - High contrast theme is not applied on GBR on LHN #86349): badgeStrongText used hardcoded colors.white instead of a theme-aware variable. Fixed by changing it to theme.buttonSuccessText, which resolves to near-white in normal themes and dark green in high-contrast themes.

Fixed Issues

$ #86339
$ #86346
$ #86347
$ #86349
PROPOSAL:

Tests

  1. Enable dark mode and turn on high contrast toggle in Settings > Preferences > Theme
  2. Go to a chat and type an @mention (e.g., @concierge) — verify the mention text is visible (dark blue text on light blue background)
  3. Navigate to Settings > Preferences > Theme, use Tab to focus the High Contrast toggle, press Enter — verify the toggle activates
  4. With dark + high contrast enabled, check badge colors in the LHN sidebar — verify green/orange badges are clearly visible against the dark background
  5. Check GBR badge text (Submit/Approve/Pay) on LHN entries — verify text uses high-contrast dark color instead of white
  • Verify that no errors appear in the JS console

Offline tests

These changes are purely visual theme overrides and keyboard shortcut handling. No network/offline behavior is affected.

QA Steps

  1. Enable dark mode and turn on high contrast toggle in Settings > Preferences > Theme
  2. Verify @mentions in chat messages are visible (not invisible) — dark blue text on light blue background
  3. Use keyboard Tab to focus the High Contrast toggle, press Enter — verify it toggles on/off
  4. Check badges in the LHN sidebar are clearly visible against the dark background
  5. Check GBR badges (Submit/Approve/Pay) show dark text instead of white on green
  • Verify that no errors appear in the JS console

PR Author Checklist

  • I linked the correct issue in the ### Fixed Issues section above
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    • I added steps for the expected offline behavior in the Offline steps section
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    • I turned off my network connection and tested it while offline to ensure it matches the expected behavior (i.e. verify the default avatar icon is displayed if app is offline)
    • I tested this PR with a High Traffic account against the staging or production API to ensure there are no regressions (e.g. long loading states that impact usability).
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  • I ran the tests on all platforms & verified they passed on:
    • Android: Native
    • Android: mWeb Chrome
    • iOS: Native
    • iOS: mWeb Safari
    • MacOS: Chrome / Safari
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Screenshots/Videos

Android: Native

Theme/color changes only — identical behavior across all platforms.

Android: mWeb Chrome

Theme/color changes only — identical behavior across all platforms.

iOS: Native

Theme/color changes only — identical behavior across all platforms.

iOS: mWeb Safari

Theme/color changes only — identical behavior across all platforms.

MacOS: Chrome / Safari

Tested via web agent — mentions are visible in dark+high contrast, keyboard Enter toggles the switch, badge colors confirmed brighter.

- Fix invisible mentions/search highlights in dark contrast mode by adding
  mentionBG override (was same color as mentionText, both blue600)
- Fix Enter key not toggling high contrast switch by adding SWITCH role to
  SelectionList's disableEnterShortcut check
- Fix badge backgrounds blending with sidebar highlights in dark contrast
  by using brighter badge colors (green500, tangerine500)
- Fix GBR badge text ignoring high contrast theme by replacing hardcoded
  colors.white with theme.buttonSuccessText

Co-authored-by: Rushat Gabhane <rushatgabhane@users.noreply.github.com>
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