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Replace the background color of any webpage with a custom color for visual comfort. Background Color Overrider is a privacy-focused Chrome extension that lets users replace the background color of any webpage with a custom color of their choice. It is designed for readers, students, researchers, writers, professionals, accessibility-minded users, and anyone who wants more control over how webpages look. Instead of accepting the default background chosen by each website, users can apply a more comfortable tint, such as cream, pale yellow, soft gray, light beige, muted blue, or another custom color selected from a built-in color picker. Many websites use bright white backgrounds, harsh contrast, dark panels, inconsistent cards, or visually busy layouts that can make reading uncomfortable. Background Color Overrider helps users create a calmer browsing experience by changing page backgrounds to a color that better suits their visual comfort. This can be especially helpful during long reading sessions, late-night browsing, study periods, research work, or daily use of text-heavy websites. The extension works entirely inside Chrome and does not use any external API. No data is ever transmitted to third-party servers. Background changes are applied locally in your browser using browser-based functionality. The extension does not upload webpage content, browsing history, website URLs, selected colors, personal preferences, page text, or usage activity. Everything happens on your own device, giving users a private and secure way to customize webpage appearance. Privacy is especially important for a browser extension that can operate across websites. The pages you customize may include work portals, school platforms, private documents, internal dashboards, personal accounts, email pages, research material, or sensitive content. Background Color Overrider is designed so that this information stays local. It does not require an account, does not send page data to the cloud, does not rely on remote analysis, and does not transmit your chosen settings to third parties. Using Background Color Overrider is simple. After installing the extension, users can open it from the Chrome toolbar and choose a preferred background color from the color picker. Once selected, the extension applies the chosen color to the current webpage. Users can pick a soft reading-friendly shade, a warmer tone, or a neutral background depending on their needs. The goal is to make web pages feel easier on the eyes without requiring technical knowledge or manual CSS editing. A key feature of the extension is intelligent background replacement. Many webpages are not made from a single background layer. They often include cards, panels, containers, sidebars, comment boxes, content sections, forms, tables, and embedded blocks. If only the main page background changes, the result may look uneven or incomplete. Background Color Overrider is designed to replace both the page background and card or container backgrounds intelligently, creating a more consistent visual experience across the page. The extension also auto-adjusts text colors to maintain minimum contrast against the new background. This is important because simply changing a background color can sometimes make text harder to read. For example, dark gray text on a darker custom background may become too faint, or pale text on a light tint may lose clarity. Background Color Overrider helps preserve readability by adjusting text colors when needed, so the page remains usable after the background change. This makes the extension helpful for users who need specific background tints for visual comfort. Some readers prefer cream or pale yellow backgrounds because they feel softer than pure white. Others may prefer light gray to reduce brightness while keeping a clean look. Some users may choose a custom tint that works better with their screen, lighting environment, or personal reading preferences. Background Color Overrider gives users that flexibility across many websites. Students can use the extension while reading online textbooks, lecture notes, academic articles, research pages, or learning platforms. A softer background can make long study sessions feel less tiring. Researchers and writers can use it while reviewing articles, drafts, documentation, and reference pages. Professionals can use it when reading reports, dashboards, policies, internal wikis, and web-based tools for extended periods. The extension can also support accessibility-minded browsing. While it is not a replacement for dedicated assistive technology or professional accessibility settings, it can help users who benefit from customized background colors and stronger readability. Some people find certain background tints easier to process than bright white or high-contrast layouts. By combining custom background colors with automatic text contrast adjustment, the extension gives users more control over their visual environment. Background Color Overrider is also useful for people working in different lighting conditions. A webpage that looks comfortable in daylight may feel too bright at night. A site that looks fine on one monitor may feel harsh on another. With a custom background picker, users can quickly adjust pages to fit their environment. This can be useful in offices, classrooms, libraries, cafés, shared workspaces, or home setups. The extension is intentionally lightweight and focused. It does not try to become a full theme marketplace, design suite, or cloud-based personalization platform. Its purpose is simple: let users override webpage backgrounds with a custom color while preserving readability. Because it does not use external APIs or third-party servers, it can work quickly and privately without login screens, upload delays, remote processing, or account setup. Background Color Overrider can work across many types of websites, including articles, blogs, documentation pages, forums, dashboards, forms, help centers, educational pages, and web apps. It is especially useful on pages that do not offer their own theme settings or reading mode. Instead of depending on each website to provide comfort options, users can apply their own preferred background style through the extension. The extension is ideal for anyone who wants a private, flexible, and easy way to customize webpage backgrounds. No external API is used. No data is ever transmitted to third-party servers. Your chosen colors, browsing activity, webpage content, personal settings, and website information remain on your own device. With its custom color picker, intelligent page and container background replacement, automatic text contrast adjustment, local processing, and privacy-first design, Background Color Overrider is a practical Chrome extension for more comfortable browsing. It helps users create softer, clearer, and more personalized webpages while keeping all data private and secure inside Chrome.