diff --git a/lookandfeel/contents/components/Clock.qml b/lookandfeel/contents/components/Clock.qml
--- a/lookandfeel/contents/components/Clock.qml
+++ b/lookandfeel/contents/components/Clock.qml
@@ -37,12 +37,12 @@
         visible: !softwareRendering
         anchors.fill: clock
         source: clock
-        horizontalOffset: 0
-        verticalOffset: 2
-        radius: 14
-        samples: 32
+        horizontalOffset: 1
+        verticalOffset: 1
+        radius: 6
+        samples: 14
         spread: 0.3
-        color: ColorScope.backgroundColor
+        color: "black" // matches Breeze window decoration and desktopcontainment
     }
     
     ColumnLayout {
diff --git a/lookandfeel/contents/components/UserDelegate.qml b/lookandfeel/contents/components/UserDelegate.qml
--- a/lookandfeel/contents/components/UserDelegate.qml
+++ b/lookandfeel/contents/components/UserDelegate.qml
@@ -152,12 +152,12 @@
         visible: !softwareRendering
         anchors.fill: usernameDelegate
         source: usernameDelegate
-        horizontalOffset: 0
+        horizontalOffset: 1
         verticalOffset: 1
-        radius: 12
-        samples: 32
+        radius: 4
+        samples: 9
         spread: 0.35
-        color: ColorScope.backgroundColor
+        color: "black" // matches Breeze window decoration and desktopcontainment
     }
     
     PlasmaComponents.Label {