Readability issue with Notes in Contacts on iOS 26

Under accessibility I clicked OFF both Reduce Transparency and Increase contrast. Contact notes background turned black, which made white text visible.

Turning off both Reduce Transparency and Increase contrast works but now everything else is harder to see. Apple needs to fix this. Those who need to turn on Reduce Transparency and Increase contrast are the very people who absolutely cannot read the terrible contrast in the notes portion of Contacts.

Yay!!! Well done, Apple! The latest update fixed it.

Thank you Apple for listening. The recent iOS update has brought back black text for the notes section of my contacts. 😀

Completely agree! I make copious notes for most of my contacts. Yesterday I switched from my nearly dead refurbished iPhone Max XS (2018) to a newly refurbished iPhone 15 Pro (2023), and was appalled to find these changes to my contacts. The background colors are either lavender (okay but not as useful as just plain white), or ochre (awful!!!). When I scrolled down to read my notes, they are now illegible. Please tell me this can be fixed! I may have to return this phone and leave apple altogether.

I want to be able to choose a black font for all the info in contacts. I can't read it with a white font on any background. When I turn the Reduce Transparency to OFF, then I can't read any of contact info, not just the Note portion. I don't need the cutesy background for each contact to match the picture. Young people with great 20/20 vision are not the only ones using an iPhone. I'm starting to regret the purchase of my iPhone 17 plus which comes with iOS 26. I use info in the Notes portion of Contacts multiple times every single day. Please make the new look an option. Thanks.

UNREADABLE! White fonts on pale background is unreadable! Who came up with that ???? My notes in my address book are ESSENTIAL !!!! Make the background in "Address book" selectable or please offer a plain White background / Black font option! Fix this URGENT! Thanks!

Agreed. This needs to be fixed without affecting the rest of the applications.

Agreed! Thank you, Apple!