diff --git a/site/assets/css/style.css b/site/assets/css/style.css
index 9b654fd..547d031 100644
--- a/site/assets/css/style.css
+++ b/site/assets/css/style.css
@@ -4623,7 +4623,7 @@ a:where(:not(.site-btn, .gym-switch-btn, .gal-link, .skip-link, .splide__arrow,
    ::before carries the same layer). Headings: the #pt-noise SVG filter (defined
    in site/includes/include.php) multiplies grain into the lettering only. */
 :root {
-  --noise: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='140' height='140'%3E%3Cfilter id='n' x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'%3E%3CfeTurbulence type='fractalNoise' baseFrequency='.9' numOctaves='2' stitchTiles='stitch'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix type='saturate' values='0'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Crect width='100%25' height='100%25' filter='url(%23n)' opacity='.22'/%3E%3C/svg%3E");
+  --noise: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='140' height='140'%3E%3Cfilter id='n' x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'%3E%3CfeTurbulence type='fractalNoise' baseFrequency='.9' numOctaves='2' stitchTiles='stitch'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix type='saturate' values='0'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Crect width='100%25' height='100%25' filter='url(%23n)' opacity='.16'/%3E%3C/svg%3E");
 }
 .site-btn,
 .gym-switch-btn,
diff --git a/site/includes/include.php b/site/includes/include.php
index 27ce692..357aab0 100644
--- a/site/includes/include.php
+++ b/site/includes/include.php
@@ -91,14 +91,14 @@ $canonical = $GLOBALS['_canonical_override'] ?? match ($page) {
 <body>
 <svg width="0" height="0" style="position:absolute" aria-hidden="true" focusable="false">
   <!-- Grain for the h1/h2 lettering (style.css, "Noise texture"): fractal noise -> grey ->
-       squeezed to 72-100% brightness, multiplied into the glyphs and clipped to their shape. -->
+       squeezed to 86-100% brightness, multiplied into the glyphs and clipped to their shape. -->
   <filter id="pt-noise" x="0" y="0" width="100%" height="100%" color-interpolation-filters="sRGB">
     <feTurbulence type="fractalNoise" baseFrequency=".9" numOctaves="2" seed="4" result="n"/>
     <feColorMatrix in="n" type="saturate" values="0" result="g"/>
     <feComponentTransfer in="g" result="grain">
-      <feFuncR type="linear" slope=".3" intercept=".72"/>
-      <feFuncG type="linear" slope=".3" intercept=".72"/>
-      <feFuncB type="linear" slope=".3" intercept=".72"/>
+      <feFuncR type="linear" slope=".15" intercept=".86"/>
+      <feFuncG type="linear" slope=".15" intercept=".86"/>
+      <feFuncB type="linear" slope=".15" intercept=".86"/>
       <feFuncA type="linear" slope="0" intercept="1"/>
     </feComponentTransfer>
     <feBlend in="SourceGraphic" in2="grain" mode="multiply" result="mix"/>