diff --git a/components/email/rich-text-editor.tsx b/components/email/rich-text-editor.tsx
index 856eefe1d..ba0922666 100644
--- a/components/email/rich-text-editor.tsx
+++ b/components/email/rich-text-editor.tsx
@@ -375,12 +375,13 @@ export function RichTextEditor({
return (
{/* Toolbar - sticky within the composer's scroll container so it stays
- visible while editing long bodies. The resting look matches main
- (bg-muted/30); once the toolbar actually pins against the top of the
- scroll container, the backdrop-blur + translucent muted overlay keeps
- body text from bleeding through while staying visually identical to
- the translucent background. */}
-
+ visible while editing long bodies. The background stays at main's
+ bg-muted/30 in every state - backdrop-blur has no visual effect while
+ the toolbar rests on the solid page background, and blurs body text
+ sliding underneath only once pinned, so pinned legibility needs no
+ extra opaque overlay (an always-on stronger overlay would read darker
+ than main even at rest). */}
+