feat: high contrast feature

[truph01]

Explanation of Change

Fixed Issues

$ #79228
PROPOSAL: #79228 (comment)

Tests

1. Go to Account > Preferences > Theme
2. Verify there is toggle high contrast option
3. Try to toggle high contrast
4. Verify the high contrast mode is applied:

• Verify that no errors appear in the JS console

Offline tests

QA Steps

// TODO: These must be filled out, or the issue title must include ""[No QA].""
Same as tests

• Verify that no errors appear in the JS console

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Screenshots/Videos

Android: Native

Screen.Recording.2026-03-25.at.01.10.05.mov

Android: mWeb Chrome

Screen.Recording.2026-03-25.at.01.10.51.mov

iOS: Native

Screen.Recording.2026-03-25.at.01.08.49.mov

iOS: mWeb Safari

Screen.Recording.2026-03-25.at.01.09.40.mov

MacOS: Chrome / Safari

Screen.Recording.2026-03-25.at.01.07.49.mov

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Codecov Report

❌ Looks like you've decreased code coverage for some files. Please write tests to increase, or at least maintain, the existing level of code coverage. See our documentation here for how to interpret this table.

Files with missing lines	Coverage Δ
src/CONST/index.ts	95.20% <ø> (ø)
src/ONYXKEYS.ts	100.00% <ø> (ø)
src/components/Button/index.tsx	92.02% <100.00%> (ø)
src/components/ButtonWithDropdownMenu/index.tsx	86.76% <100.00%> (ø)
...rc/components/Search/SearchRouter/SearchRouter.tsx	30.76% <ø> (-0.20%)	⬇️
src/libs/Navigation/NavigationRoot.tsx	76.92% <100.00%> (ø)
src/styles/index.ts	47.42% <ø> (ø)
src/styles/theme/illustrations/index.ts	100.00% <ø> (ø)
src/styles/theme/index.ts	100.00% <ø> (ø)
src/styles/theme/themes/dark-contrast.ts	100.00% <100.00%> (ø)
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... and 114 files with indirect coverage changes

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[jayeshmangwani]

Create button icon looks incorrect in the light theme when high contrast mode is enabled.

[jayeshmangwani]

Same with workspace overview Invite button

[jayeshmangwani]

Vertical divider color does not match the border color.

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[shawnborton]

I wonder if this should just be regular button background.

100% agree. We should update this everywhere. I don't know why it's using the border color, it should use the button color. Those two values are technically the same in the normal light/dark modes, so maybe we just picked the wrong var when implementing even though visually it looked fine. Either way, I say fix it here!

[truph01]

@shawnborton So we will replace theme.border by theme.buttonDefaultBG, right?

[shawnborton]

Correct.

[truph01]

All comments are resolved.

[jayeshmangwani]

@truph01 Please add the necessary tests, along with a few QA tests in PR description and screenshots.

[jayeshmangwani]

PR looks good overall, we’re good to go.

[truph01]

Please add the necessary tests, along with a few QA tests in PR description and screenshots.

I added tests and screenshots.

[jayeshmangwani]

@truph01 Approved, looks good. Nice work 👍

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