diff --git a/textarea/textarea.go b/textarea/textarea.go
index c5aac9f..7bc6583 100644
--- a/textarea/textarea.go
+++ b/textarea/textarea.go
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ func DefaultStyles() (Style, Style) {
 		CursorLineNumber: lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.AdaptiveColor{Light: "240"}),
 		EndOfBuffer:      lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.AdaptiveColor{Light: "254", Dark: "0"}),
 		LineNumber:       lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.AdaptiveColor{Light: "249", Dark: "7"}),
-		Placeholder:      lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.Color("7")),
+		Placeholder:      lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.Color("240")),
 		Prompt:           lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.Color("7")),
 		Text:             lipgloss.NewStyle(),
 	}
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ func DefaultStyles() (Style, Style) {
 		CursorLineNumber: lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.AdaptiveColor{Light: "249", Dark: "7"}),
 		EndOfBuffer:      lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.AdaptiveColor{Light: "254", Dark: "0"}),
 		LineNumber:       lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.AdaptiveColor{Light: "249", Dark: "7"}),
-		Placeholder:      lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.Color("7")),
+		Placeholder:      lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.Color("240")),
 		Prompt:           lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.Color("7")),
 		Text:             lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.AdaptiveColor{Light: "245", Dark: "7"}),
 	}