1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/bin/udt-accent b/bin/udt-accent
index 978f340..e88a512 100755
--- a/bin/udt-accent
+++ b/bin/udt-accent
@@ -19,12 +19,15 @@ import sys
 import tempfile
 from pathlib import Path
 
-# The nine candidate accents. rosewater and flamingo are excluded as
-# near-neutral tints that capture saturated inputs; maroon, sapphire and
-# lavender are excluded as near-duplicate hues of red, sky and mauve.
+# The candidate accents. rosewater and flamingo are excluded as near-neutral
+# tints that capture saturated inputs, and maroon and sapphire as near-duplicate
+# hues of red and sky. lavender sits close to mauve but is kept: it is the
+# desktop-wide fallback, used by Qt, GTK and anything else that needs one fixed
+# accent, so it has to be a value snap() can also return.
 ACCENTS = {
-    "pink":   "#f5bde6",
-    "mauve":  "#c6a0f6",
+    "pink":     "#f5bde6",
+    "mauve":    "#c6a0f6",
+    "lavender": "#b7bdf8",
     "red":    "#ed8796",
     "peach":  "#f5a97f",
     "yellow": "#eed49f",
@@ -34,7 +37,7 @@ ACCENTS = {
     "blue":   "#8aadf4",
 }
 
-FALLBACK = "mauve"
+FALLBACK = "lavender"
 MIN_CHROMA = 10.0
 
 OUTPUT = Path.home() / ".cache" / "wal" / "udt-accent.rasi"
@@ -226,6 +229,7 @@ def selftest():
 
     # A near-grey has an unstable hue angle and must take the fallback.
     assert snap("#888888") == FALLBACK, snap("#888888")
+    assert FALLBACK in ACCENTS, FALLBACK
 
     # Border neighbours must be distinct from the accent and from each other,
     # or the gradient has nothing to animate between.