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# Why white identity text can turn gray in Gmail iPhone dark mode

Gmail iPhone dark mode does not simply display the HTML as written. It runs its own color transformation on email content. In dark header areas, Gmail may change light identity text to gray even when inline styles set the color to `#ffffff`.

## Why Contact Rows Behave Differently

Email, phone, and website values are real links. Gmail often treats link text differently from normal paragraph text, so contact rows can look correct while name, role, department, and company text are recolored.

* Identity text is normal HTML text.
* Contact text is usually anchor/link text.
* Gmail iOS dark mode rewrites normal light text more aggressively.
* Inline color locks such as `color:#ffffff!important` are not always enough.

## Important Limitation

If the exported HTML contains the correct styles but Gmail iPhone still changes the color, the final decision is being made by Gmail's renderer.


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