American Express recently rolled out an updated app experience for users of its $895/year Platinum Card via a ‘Premium Theme’ option. What does this new theme do, you might ask? It makes the app’s colors darker.

Have you ever used an app with a dark blue background and really wished it was true black ?

American Express understands your pain. And now, exclusively for Platinum Card members who are willing to pay the higher $895/year annual fee, that black app theme can be yours.

No, this is not a joke.

American Express recently announced a big increase for its Platinum Card annual fee:

• Old fee: $695/yr
• New fee: $895/yr

As a way to justify the increase, the company has . Most of them offer actual monetary value, like the $300 lululemon credit or $400 Resy credit.

But there’s also a new ‘Premium Theme’ option in the American Express app that’s exclusive to Platinum holders.

And that special theme gets you…slightly darker colors.

As shown in screen recordings , the new theme gives users a black UI rather than dark blue when in dark mode, and makes the colors similarly a little darker in light mode.

Besides the background colors changing, there appears to be no discernible difference in these new themes.

Obviously no one will get a Platinum card or pay the $895 annual fee for a slightly darker app theme. But the fact that American Express is offering this ‘Premium Theme’ as a special perk is pretty hilarious nonetheless.

What’s your take on the new ‘Premium Theme’ offered by American Express? Let us know in the comments.