diff --git a/ui/StatusQ/src/StatusQ/Core/Theme/StatusDarkTheme.qml b/ui/StatusQ/src/StatusQ/Core/Theme/StatusDarkTheme.qml
index 04a21688ac..15b9a3c4b3 100644
--- a/ui/StatusQ/src/StatusQ/Core/Theme/StatusDarkTheme.qml
+++ b/ui/StatusQ/src/StatusQ/Core/Theme/StatusDarkTheme.qml
@@ -172,5 +172,9 @@ ThemePalette {
     property QtObject statusRoundedImage: QtObject {
         property color backgroundColor: baseColor3
     }
+
+    property QtObject statusChatInput: QtObject {
+        property color secondaryBackgroundColor: "#414141"
+    }
 }
 
diff --git a/ui/StatusQ/src/StatusQ/Core/Theme/StatusLightTheme.qml b/ui/StatusQ/src/StatusQ/Core/Theme/StatusLightTheme.qml
index bdc2c18e18..f1eb446441 100644
--- a/ui/StatusQ/src/StatusQ/Core/Theme/StatusLightTheme.qml
+++ b/ui/StatusQ/src/StatusQ/Core/Theme/StatusLightTheme.qml
@@ -170,5 +170,9 @@ ThemePalette {
     property QtObject statusRoundedImage: QtObject {
         property color backgroundColor: white
     }
+
+    property QtObject statusChatInput: QtObject {
+        property color secondaryBackgroundColor: "#E2E6E8"
+    }
 }
 
diff --git a/ui/StatusQ/src/StatusQ/Core/Theme/ThemePalette.qml b/ui/StatusQ/src/StatusQ/Core/Theme/ThemePalette.qml
index 0516eb212c..eea944a82b 100644
--- a/ui/StatusQ/src/StatusQ/Core/Theme/ThemePalette.qml
+++ b/ui/StatusQ/src/StatusQ/Core/Theme/ThemePalette.qml
@@ -134,6 +134,10 @@ QtObject {
         property color backgroundColor
     }
 
+    property QtObject statusChatInput: QtObject {
+        property color secondaryBackgroundColor
+    }
+
     function alphaColor(color, alpha) {
         let actualColor = Qt.darker(color, 1)
         actualColor.a = alpha