diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index 920717e..017258e 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -32,3 +32,5 @@ static pixman_color_t inactive_fg_color = { .red = 0xbbbb, .green = 0xbbbb, .blu
 static pixman_color_t inactive_bg_color = { .red = 0x2222, .green = 0x2222, .blue = 0x2222, .alpha = 0xffff, };
 static pixman_color_t urgent_fg_color = { .red = 0x2222, .green = 0x2222, .blue = 0x2222, .alpha = 0xffff, };
 static pixman_color_t urgent_bg_color = { .red = 0xeeee, .green = 0xeeee, .blue = 0xeeee, .alpha = 0xffff, };
+static pixman_color_t middle_bg_color = { .red = 0x2222, .green = 0x2222, .blue = 0x2222, .alpha = 0xffff, };
+static pixman_color_t middle_bg_color_selected = { .red = 0x0000, .green = 0x5555, .blue = 0x7777, .alpha = 0xffff, };
diff --git a/dwlb.c b/dwlb.c
index c2bf49d..40a79f2 100644
--- a/dwlb.c
+++ b/dwlb.c
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@
 	"	-inactive-bg-color [COLOR]	specify background color of inactive tags or monitors\n" \
 	"	-urgent-fg-color [COLOR]	specify text color of urgent tags\n" \
 	"	-urgent-bg-color [COLOR]	specify background color of urgent tags\n" \
+	"	-middle-bg-color [COLOR]	specify background color of the color in the middle of the bar\n" \
+	"	-middle-bg-color-selected [COLOR]	specify background color of the color in the middle of the bar, when selected\n" \
 	"	-scale [BUFFER_SCALE]		specify buffer scale value for integer scaling\n" \
 	"Commands\n"							\
 	"	-target-socket [SOCKET-NAME]	set the socket to send command to. Sockets can be found in `$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/dwlb/`\n"\
@@ -441,7 +443,7 @@ draw_frame(Bar *bar)
 		nx = MIN(x + bar->textpadding, bar->width - status_width);
 	}
 	pixman_image_fill_boxes(PIXMAN_OP_SRC, background,
-				bar->sel ? &active_bg_color : &inactive_bg_color, 1,
+				bar->sel ? &middle_bg_color_selected : &middle_bg_color, 1,
 				&(pixman_box32_t){
 					.x1 = x, .x2 = nx,
 					.y1 = 0, .y2 = bar->height
@@ -457,7 +459,7 @@ draw_frame(Bar *bar)
 		      custom_title ? bar->title.colors_l : 0);
 
 	pixman_image_fill_boxes(PIXMAN_OP_SRC, background,
-				bar->sel ? &active_bg_color : &inactive_bg_color, 1,
+				bar->sel ? &middle_bg_color_selected : &middle_bg_color, 1,
 				&(pixman_box32_t){
 					.x1 = x, .x2 = bar->width - status_width,
 					.y1 = 0, .y2 = bar->height
@@ -1765,6 +1767,16 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 				DIE("Option -urgent-bg-color requires an argument");
 			if (parse_color(argv[i], &urgent_bg_color) == -1)
 				DIE("malformed color string");
+		} else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-middle-bg-color-selected")) {
+			if (++i >= argc)
+				DIE("Option -middle-bg-color-selected requires an argument");
+			if (parse_color(argv[i], &middle_bg_color_selected) == -1)
+				DIE("malformed color string");
+		} else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-middle-bg-color")) {
+			if (++i >= argc)
+				DIE("Option -middle-bg-color requires an argument");
+			if (parse_color(argv[i], &middle_bg_color) == -1)
+				DIE("malformed color string");
 		} else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-tags")) {
 			if (++i >= argc)
 				DIE("Option -tags requires at least one argument");