diff --git a/dascore/constants.py b/dascore/constants.py
index a4409251..3d1d1ced 100644
--- a/dascore/constants.py
+++ b/dascore/constants.py
@@ -139,19 +139,19 @@ def map(self, func, iterables, **kwargs):
 dascore_styles = dict(
     np_array_threshold=100,  # max number of elements to show in array
     patch_history_array_threshold=10,  # max elements of array in hist str.
-    dc_blue="#002868",
-    dc_red="#cf0029",
-    dc_yellow="#ffc934",
-    default_coord="bold white",
+    dc_blue="blue",
+    dc_red="red",
+    dc_yellow="yellow",
+    default_coord="bold",
     coord_range="bold green",
-    coord_array="bold #cd0000",
-    coord_monotonic="bold #d64806",
-    coord_degenerate="bold #d40000",
-    units="#cca3e1",
-    dtypes="#a2bf48",
-    keys="#a2bf48",
-    # these are for formatting datetimes
-    ymd="#e96baa",
-    hms="#e96baa",
-    dec="#e96baa",
+    coord_monotonic="bold grey",
+    coord_array="bold orange",
+    coord_degenerate="bold red",
+    units="bright blue",
+    dtypes="bright black",
+    keys="grey50",
+    # these are for formatting date times
+    ymd="blue",
+    hms="green",
+    dec="green",
 )
diff --git a/dascore/core/coordmanager.py b/dascore/core/coordmanager.py
index 87d050da..28175654 100644
--- a/dascore/core/coordmanager.py
+++ b/dascore/core/coordmanager.py
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ def __rich__(self) -> str:
             coord = self.coord_map[name]
             coord_dims = self.dim_map[name]
             if name in self.dims:
-                base = Text.assemble("\n    * ", Text(name, style="bold"), ": ")
+                base = Text.assemble("\n    *", Text(name, style="bold"), ": ")
             else:
                 base = Text(f"\n    {name} {coord_dims}: ")
             text = Text.assemble(base, coord.__rich__())
diff --git a/dascore/core/coords.py b/dascore/core/coords.py
index afacbf8b..7529b590 100644
--- a/dascore/core/coords.py
+++ b/dascore/core/coords.py
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ def __len__(self):
 
     def __rich__(self):
         key_style = dascore_styles["keys"]
-        base = Text("", "default")
+        base = Text("")
         base += Text(self.__class__.__name__, style=self._rich_style)
         base += Text("(")
         if not pd.isnull(self.min()):
diff --git a/docs/tutorial/patch.qmd b/docs/tutorial/patch.qmd
index 656865c9..f0995771 100644
--- a/docs/tutorial/patch.qmd
+++ b/docs/tutorial/patch.qmd
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ time_step = coords.step("time")
 
 Coords also have a useful string representation:
 
+
 ```{python}
 print(coords)
 ```