diff --git a/routes/_actions/compose.js b/routes/_actions/compose.js
index aadd5a6..c0c356b 100644
--- a/routes/_actions/compose.js
+++ b/routes/_actions/compose.js
@@ -47,3 +47,21 @@ export async function postStatus (realm, text, inReplyToId, mediaIds,
     store.set({postingStatus: false})
   }
 }
+
+export async function insertUsername (realm, username, startIndex, endIndex) {
+  let oldText = store.getComposeData(realm, 'text')
+  let pre = oldText.substring(0, startIndex)
+  let post = oldText.substring(endIndex)
+  let newText = `${pre}@${username} ${post}`
+  store.setComposeData(realm, {text: newText})
+}
+
+export async function clickSelectedAutosuggestionUsername (realm) {
+  let selectionStart = store.get('composeSelectionStart')
+  let searchText = store.get('composeAutosuggestionSearchText')
+  let selection = store.get('composeAutosuggestionSelected') || 0
+  let account = store.get('composeAutosuggestionSearchResults')[selection]
+  let startIndex = selectionStart - searchText.length
+  let endIndex = selectionStart
+  await insertUsername(realm, account.acct, startIndex, endIndex)
+}
diff --git a/routes/_components/compose/ComposeAutosuggest.html b/routes/_components/compose/ComposeAutosuggest.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..88833e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/routes/_components/compose/ComposeAutosuggest.html
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+<div class="compose-autosuggest {{shown ? 'shown' : ''}}"
+     aria-hidden="true" >
+  <ComposeAutosuggestionList
+    items="{{searchResults}}"
+    on:click="onUserSelected(event)"
+    :selected
+  />
+</div>
+<style>
+  .compose-autosuggest {
+    opacity: 0;
+    pointer-events: none;
+    transition: opacity 0.1s linear;
+    min-width: 400px;
+    max-width: calc(100vw - 20px);
+  }
+  .compose-autosuggest.shown {
+    pointer-events: auto;
+    opacity: 1
+  }
+
+  @media (max-width: 479px) {
+    .compose-autosuggest {
+      /* hack: move this over to the left on mobile so it's easier to see */
+      transform: translateX(-58px); /* avatar size 48px + 10px padding */
+      width: calc(100vw - 20px);
+    }
+  }
+
+</style>
+<script>
+  import { store } from '../../_store/store'
+  import { database } from '../../_database/database'
+  import { insertUsername } from '../../_actions/compose'
+  import { scheduleIdleTask } from '../../_utils/scheduleIdleTask'
+  import { once } from '../../_utils/once'
+  import ComposeAutosuggestionList from './ComposeAutosuggestionList.html'
+
+  const SEARCH_RESULTS_LIMIT = 4
+  const DATABASE_SEARCH_RESULTS_LIMIT = 30
+  const MIN_PREFIX_LENGTH = 1
+  const SEARCH_REGEX = new RegExp(`(?:\\s|^)(@\\S{${MIN_PREFIX_LENGTH},})$`)
+
+  export default {
+    oncreate() {
+      // perf improves for input responsiveness
+      this.observe('composeSelectionStart', () => {
+        scheduleIdleTask(() => {
+          this.set({composeSelectionStartDeferred: this.get('composeSelectionStart')})
+        })
+      })
+      this.observe('composeFocused', (composeFocused) => {
+        let updateFocusedState = () => {
+          scheduleIdleTask(() => {
+            this.set({composeFocusedDeferred: this.get('composeFocused')})
+          })
+        }
+
+        // TODO: hack so that when the user clicks the button, and the textarea blurs,
+        // we don't immediately hide the dropdown which would cause the click to get lost
+        if (composeFocused) {
+          updateFocusedState()
+        } else {
+          Promise.race([
+            new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 200)),
+            new Promise(resolve => this.once('userSelected', resolve))
+          ]).then(updateFocusedState)
+        }
+      })
+      this.observe('searchText', async searchText => {
+        if (!searchText) {
+          return
+        }
+        let results = await this.search(searchText)
+        this.store.set({
+          composeAutosuggestionSelected: 0,
+          composeAutosuggestionSearchText: searchText,
+          composeAutosuggestionSearchResults: results
+        })
+      })
+      this.observe('shown', shown => {
+        this.store.set({composeAutosuggestionShown: shown})
+      })
+    },
+    methods: {
+      once: once,
+      onUserSelected(account) {
+        this.fire('userSelected')
+        let realm = this.get('realm')
+        let selectionStart = this.store.get('composeSelectionStart')
+        let searchText = this.store.get('composeAutosuggestionSearchText')
+        let startIndex = selectionStart - searchText.length
+        let endIndex = selectionStart
+        /* no await */ insertUsername(realm, account.acct, startIndex, endIndex)
+      },
+      async search(searchText) {
+        let currentInstance = this.store.get('currentInstance')
+        let results = await database.searchAccountsByUsername(
+          currentInstance, searchText.substring(1), DATABASE_SEARCH_RESULTS_LIMIT)
+        return results.slice(0, SEARCH_RESULTS_LIMIT)
+      }
+    },
+    computed: {
+      composeSelectionStart: ($composeSelectionStart) => $composeSelectionStart,
+      composeFocused: ($composeFocused) => $composeFocused,
+      searchResults: ($composeAutosuggestionSearchResults) => $composeAutosuggestionSearchResults || [],
+      selected: ($composeAutosuggestionSelected) => $composeAutosuggestionSelected || 0,
+      searchText: (text, composeSelectionStartDeferred) => {
+        let selectionStart = composeSelectionStartDeferred || 0
+        if (!text || selectionStart < MIN_PREFIX_LENGTH) {
+          return
+        }
+
+        let match = text.substring(0, selectionStart).match(SEARCH_REGEX)
+        return match && match[1]
+      },
+      shown: (composeFocusedDeferred, searchText, searchResults) => {
+        return !!(composeFocusedDeferred &&
+          searchText &&
+          searchResults.length)
+      }
+    },
+    store: () => store,
+    components: {
+      ComposeAutosuggestionList
+    }
+  }
+</script>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/routes/_components/compose/ComposeAutosuggestionList.html b/routes/_components/compose/ComposeAutosuggestionList.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..68978d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/routes/_components/compose/ComposeAutosuggestionList.html
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+<ul class="generic-user-list">
+  {{#each items as account, i @id}}
+  <li class="generic-user-list-item">
+    <button class="generic-user-list-button {{i === selected ? 'selected' : ''}}"
+            tabindex="0"
+            on:click="fire('click', account)">
+      <div class="generic-user-list-grid">
+        <Avatar
+          className="generic-user-list-item-avatar"
+          size="small"
+          :account
+        />
+        <span class="generic-user-list-display-name">
+          {{account.display_name || account.acct}}
+        </span>
+        <span class="generic-user-list-username">
+          {{'@' + account.acct}}
+        </span>
+      </div>
+    </button>
+  </li>
+  {{/each}}
+</ul>
+<style>
+  .generic-user-list {
+    list-style: none;
+    width: 100%;
+    border-radius: 2px;
+    box-sizing: border-box;
+    border: 1px solid var(--compose-autosuggest-outline);
+  }
+  .generic-user-list-item {
+    border-bottom: 1px solid var(--compose-autosuggest-outline);
+    display: flex;
+  }
+  .generic-user-list-item:last-child {
+    border-bottom: none;
+  }
+  .generic-user-list-button {
+    padding: 10px;
+    background: var(--settings-list-item-bg);
+    border: none;
+    margin: 0;
+    flex: 1;
+  }
+  .generic-user-list-grid {
+    display: grid;
+    width: 100%;
+    grid-template-areas: "avatar     display-name"
+    "avatar     username";
+    grid-template-columns: min-content 1fr;
+    grid-column-gap: 10px;
+    grid-row-gap: 5px;
+  }
+  :global(.generic-user-list-item-avatar) {
+    grid-area: avatar;
+  }
+  .generic-user-list-display-name {
+    grid-area: display-name;
+    font-size: 1.1em;
+    white-space: nowrap;
+    overflow: hidden;
+    text-overflow: ellipsis;
+    min-width: 0;
+    text-align: left;
+  }
+  .generic-user-list-username {
+    grid-area: username;
+    font-size: 1em;
+    color: var(--deemphasized-text-color);
+    white-space: nowrap;
+    overflow: hidden;
+    text-overflow: ellipsis;
+    text-align: left;
+  }
+  .generic-user-list-button:hover, .generic-user-list-button.selected {
+    background: var(--compose-autosuggest-item-hover);
+  }
+  .generic-user-list-button:active {
+    background: var(--compose-autosuggest-item-active);
+  }
+</style>
+<script>
+  import Avatar from '../Avatar.html'
+  export default {
+    components: {
+      Avatar
+    }
+  }
+</script>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/routes/_components/compose/ComposeBox.html b/routes/_components/compose/ComposeBox.html
index 8135bb2..d02d107 100644
--- a/routes/_components/compose/ComposeBox.html
+++ b/routes/_components/compose/ComposeBox.html
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   {{/if}}
   <ComposeInput :realm :text :autoFocus />
   <ComposeLengthGauge :length :overLimit />
-  <ComposeToolbar :realm :postPrivacy :media :contentWarningShown />
+  <ComposeToolbar :realm :postPrivacy :media :contentWarningShown :text />
   <ComposeLengthIndicator :length :overLimit />
   <ComposeMedia :realm :media />
   <ComposeButton :length :overLimit on:click="onClickPostButton()" />
diff --git a/routes/_components/compose/ComposeInput.html b/routes/_components/compose/ComposeInput.html
index 9acfbac..ee8a61a 100644
--- a/routes/_components/compose/ComposeInput.html
+++ b/routes/_components/compose/ComposeInput.html
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
   ref:textarea
   bind:value=rawText
   on:blur="onBlur()"
+  on:focus="onFocus()"
+  on:selectionChange="onSelectionChange(event)"
+  on:keydown="onKeydown(event)"
 ></textarea>
 <style>
   .compose-box-input {
@@ -29,6 +32,8 @@
   import { scheduleIdleTask } from '../../_utils/scheduleIdleTask'
   import debounce from 'lodash/debounce'
   import { mark, stop } from '../../_utils/marks'
+  import { selectionChange } from '../../_utils/events'
+  import { clickSelectedAutosuggestionUsername } from '../../_actions/compose'
 
   export default {
     oncreate() {
@@ -82,7 +87,53 @@
         stop('autosize.destroy()')
       },
       onBlur() {
-        this.store.set({composeSelectionStart: this.refs.textarea.selectionStart})
+        this.store.set({composeFocused: false})
+      },
+      onFocus() {
+        this.store.set({composeFocused: true})
+      },
+      onSelectionChange(selectionStart) {
+        this.store.set({composeSelectionStart: selectionStart})
+      },
+      onKeydown(e) {
+        let { keyCode } = e
+        switch (keyCode) {
+          case 9: // tab
+          case 13: //enter
+            this.clickSelectedAutosuggestion(e)
+            break
+          case 38: // up
+            this.incrementAutosuggestSelected(-1, e)
+            break
+          case 40: // down
+            this.incrementAutosuggestSelected(1, e)
+            break
+          default:
+        }
+      },
+      clickSelectedAutosuggestion(event) {
+        let autosuggestionShown = this.store.get('composeAutosuggestionShown')
+        if (!autosuggestionShown) {
+          return
+        }
+        clickSelectedAutosuggestionUsername(this.get('realm'))
+        event.preventDefault()
+      },
+      incrementAutosuggestSelected(increment, event) {
+        let autosuggestionShown = this.store.get('composeAutosuggestionShown')
+        if (!autosuggestionShown) {
+          return
+        }
+        let selected = this.store.get('composeAutosuggestionSelected') || 0
+        let searchResults = this.store.get('composeAutosuggestionSearchResults') || []
+        selected += increment
+        if (selected >= 0) {
+          selected = selected % searchResults.length
+        } else {
+          selected = searchResults.length + selected
+        }
+        this.store.set({composeAutosuggestionSelected: selected})
+        event.preventDefault()
       }
     },
     store: () => store,
@@ -91,6 +142,9 @@
     }),
     computed: {
       postedStatusForRealm: ($postedStatusForRealm) => $postedStatusForRealm
+    },
+    events: {
+      selectionChange
     }
   }
 </script>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/routes/_components/compose/ComposeToolbar.html b/routes/_components/compose/ComposeToolbar.html
index d8ef1f2..273c869 100644
--- a/routes/_components/compose/ComposeToolbar.html
+++ b/routes/_components/compose/ComposeToolbar.html
@@ -1,41 +1,55 @@
 <div class="compose-box-toolbar">
-  <IconButton
-    label="Insert emoji"
-    href="#fa-smile"
-    on:click="onEmojiClick()"
-  />
-  <IconButton
-    className="{{$uploadingMedia ? 'spin' : ''}}"
-    label="Add media"
-    href="{{$uploadingMedia ? '#fa-spinner' : '#fa-camera'}}"
-    on:click="onMediaClick()"
-    disabled="{{$uploadingMedia || (media.length === 4)}}"
-  />
-  <IconButton
-    label="Adjust privacy (currently {{postPrivacy.label}})"
-    href="{{postPrivacy.icon}}"
-    on:click="onPostPrivacyClick()"
-  />
-  <IconButton
-    label="{{contentWarningShown ? 'Remove content warning' : 'Add content warning'}}"
-    href="#fa-exclamation-triangle"
-    on:click="onContentWarningClick()"
-    pressable="true"
-    pressed="{{contentWarningShown}}"
-  />
+  <div class="compose-box-toolbar-items">
+    <IconButton
+      label="Insert emoji"
+      href="#fa-smile"
+      on:click="onEmojiClick()"
+    />
+    <IconButton
+      className="{{$uploadingMedia ? 'spin' : ''}}"
+      label="Add media"
+      href="{{$uploadingMedia ? '#fa-spinner' : '#fa-camera'}}"
+      on:click="onMediaClick()"
+      disabled="{{$uploadingMedia || (media.length === 4)}}"
+    />
+    <IconButton
+      label="Adjust privacy (currently {{postPrivacy.label}})"
+      href="{{postPrivacy.icon}}"
+      on:click="onPostPrivacyClick()"
+    />
+    <IconButton
+      label="{{contentWarningShown ? 'Remove content warning' : 'Add content warning'}}"
+      href="#fa-exclamation-triangle"
+      on:click="onContentWarningClick()"
+      pressable="true"
+      pressed="{{contentWarningShown}}"
+    />
+  </div>
   <input ref:input
          on:change="onFileChange(event)"
          style="display: none;"
          type="file"
          accept=".jpg,.jpeg,.png,.gif,.webm,.mp4,.m4v,image/jpeg,image/png,image/gif,video/webm,video/mp4">
+  <div class="compose-autosuggest-wrapper">
+    <ComposeAutosuggest :realm :text />
+  </div>
 </div>
 <style>
   .compose-box-toolbar {
     grid-area: toolbar;
+    position: relative;
     align-self: center;
+  }
+  .compose-box-toolbar-items {
     display: flex;
     align-items: center;
   }
+  .compose-autosuggest-wrapper {
+    position: absolute;
+    left: 5px;
+    top: 0;
+    z-index: 90;
+  }
 </style>
 <script>
   import IconButton from '../IconButton.html'
@@ -44,6 +58,7 @@
   import { importDialogs } from '../../_utils/asyncModules'
   import { doMediaUpload } from '../../_actions/media'
   import { toggleContentWarningShown } from '../../_actions/contentWarnings'
+  import ComposeAutosuggest from './ComposeAutosuggest.html'
 
   export default {
     oncreate() {
@@ -58,7 +73,8 @@
       }
     },
     components: {
-      IconButton
+      IconButton,
+      ComposeAutosuggest
     },
     store: () => store,
     methods: {
diff --git a/routes/_database/accountsAndRelationships.js b/routes/_database/accountsAndRelationships.js
index e61a713..aad0076 100644
--- a/routes/_database/accountsAndRelationships.js
+++ b/routes/_database/accountsAndRelationships.js
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
-import { ACCOUNTS_STORE, RELATIONSHIPS_STORE } from './constants'
+import {
+  ACCOUNTS_STORE, RELATIONSHIPS_STORE, USERNAME_LOWERCASE
+} from './constants'
 import { accountsCache, relationshipsCache } from './cache'
 import { cloneForStorage, getGenericEntityWithId, setGenericEntityWithId } from './helpers'
+import { dbPromise, getDatabase } from './databaseLifecycle'
+import { createAccountUsernamePrefixKeyRange } from './keys'
 
 export async function getAccount (instanceName, accountId) {
   return getGenericEntityWithId(ACCOUNTS_STORE, accountsCache, instanceName, accountId)
@@ -17,3 +21,25 @@ export async function getRelationship (instanceName, accountId) {
 export async function setRelationship (instanceName, relationship) {
   return setGenericEntityWithId(RELATIONSHIPS_STORE, relationshipsCache, instanceName, cloneForStorage(relationship))
 }
+
+export async function searchAccountsByUsername (instanceName, usernamePrefix, limit = 20) {
+  const db = await getDatabase(instanceName)
+  return dbPromise(db, ACCOUNTS_STORE, 'readonly', (accountsStore, callback) => {
+    let keyRange = createAccountUsernamePrefixKeyRange(usernamePrefix.toLowerCase())
+    accountsStore.index(USERNAME_LOWERCASE).getAll(keyRange, limit).onsuccess = e => {
+      let results = e.target.result
+      results = results.sort((a, b) => {
+        // accounts you're following go first
+        if (a.following !== b.following) {
+          return a.following ? -1 : 1
+        }
+        // after that, just sort by username
+        if (a[USERNAME_LOWERCASE] !== b[USERNAME_LOWERCASE]) {
+          return a[USERNAME_LOWERCASE] < b[USERNAME_LOWERCASE] ? -1 : 1
+        }
+        return 0 // eslint-disable-line
+      })
+      callback(results)
+    }
+  })
+}
diff --git a/routes/_database/constants.js b/routes/_database/constants.js
index d535923..9ca6a4d 100644
--- a/routes/_database/constants.js
+++ b/routes/_database/constants.js
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ export const TIMESTAMP = '__pinafore_ts'
 export const ACCOUNT_ID = '__pinafore_acct_id'
 export const STATUS_ID = '__pinafore_status_id'
 export const REBLOG_ID = '__pinafore_reblog_id'
+export const USERNAME_LOWERCASE = '__pinafore_acct_lc'
diff --git a/routes/_database/databaseLifecycle.js b/routes/_database/databaseLifecycle.js
index 7b79138..a916bd7 100644
--- a/routes/_database/databaseLifecycle.js
+++ b/routes/_database/databaseLifecycle.js
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ import {
   TIMESTAMP,
   REBLOG_ID,
   THREADS_STORE,
-  STATUS_ID
+  STATUS_ID,
+  USERNAME_LOWERCASE
 } from './constants'
 
 import forEach from 'lodash/forEach'
@@ -18,7 +19,9 @@ import forEach from 'lodash/forEach'
 const openReqs = {}
 const databaseCache = {}
 
-const DB_VERSION = 9
+const DB_VERSION_INITIAL = 9
+const DB_VERSION_SEARCH_ACCOUNTS = 10
+const DB_VERSION_CURRENT = 10
 
 export function getDatabase (instanceName) {
   if (!instanceName) {
@@ -29,7 +32,7 @@ export function getDatabase (instanceName) {
   }
 
   databaseCache[instanceName] = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    let req = indexedDB.open(instanceName, DB_VERSION)
+    let req = indexedDB.open(instanceName, DB_VERSION_CURRENT)
     openReqs[instanceName] = req
     req.onerror = reject
     req.onblocked = () => {
@@ -37,6 +40,7 @@ export function getDatabase (instanceName) {
     }
     req.onupgradeneeded = (e) => {
       let db = req.result
+      let tx = e.currentTarget.transaction
 
       function createObjectStore (name, init, indexes) {
         let store = init
@@ -49,7 +53,7 @@ export function getDatabase (instanceName) {
         }
       }
 
-      if (e.oldVersion < DB_VERSION) {
+      if (e.oldVersion < DB_VERSION_INITIAL) {
         createObjectStore(STATUSES_STORE, {keyPath: 'id'}, {
           [TIMESTAMP]: TIMESTAMP,
           [REBLOG_ID]: REBLOG_ID
@@ -78,6 +82,10 @@ export function getDatabase (instanceName) {
         })
         createObjectStore(META_STORE)
       }
+      if (e.oldVersion < DB_VERSION_SEARCH_ACCOUNTS) {
+        tx.objectStore(ACCOUNTS_STORE)
+          .createIndex(USERNAME_LOWERCASE, USERNAME_LOWERCASE)
+      }
     }
     req.onsuccess = () => resolve(req.result)
   })
diff --git a/routes/_database/helpers.js b/routes/_database/helpers.js
index 05c7e48..7b81558 100644
--- a/routes/_database/helpers.js
+++ b/routes/_database/helpers.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { dbPromise, getDatabase } from './databaseLifecycle'
 import { getInCache, hasInCache, setInCache } from './cache'
-import { ACCOUNT_ID, REBLOG_ID, STATUS_ID, TIMESTAMP } from './constants'
+import { ACCOUNT_ID, REBLOG_ID, STATUS_ID, TIMESTAMP, USERNAME_LOWERCASE } from './constants'
 
 export async function getGenericEntityWithId (store, cache, instanceName, id) {
   if (hasInCache(cache, instanceName, id)) {
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ export function cloneForStorage (obj) {
       case 'reblog':
         res[REBLOG_ID] = value.id
         break
+      case 'acct':
+        res[key] = value
+        res[USERNAME_LOWERCASE] = value.toLowerCase()
+        break
       default:
         res[key] = value
         break
diff --git a/routes/_database/keys.js b/routes/_database/keys.js
index a5ca480..352cb39 100644
--- a/routes/_database/keys.js
+++ b/routes/_database/keys.js
@@ -45,3 +45,14 @@ export function createPinnedStatusKeyRange (accountId) {
     accountId + '\u0000\uffff'
   )
 }
+
+//
+// accounts
+//
+
+export function createAccountUsernamePrefixKeyRange (accountUsernamePrefix) {
+  return IDBKeyRange.bound(
+    accountUsernamePrefix,
+    accountUsernamePrefix + '\uffff'
+  )
+}
diff --git a/routes/_utils/events.js b/routes/_utils/events.js
index e0089f5..4d34e77 100644
--- a/routes/_utils/events.js
+++ b/routes/_utils/events.js
@@ -52,3 +52,20 @@ export function blurWithCapture (node, callback) {
     }
   }
 }
+
+export function selectionChange (node, callback) {
+  let events = ['keyup', 'click', 'focus', 'blur']
+  let listener = () => {
+    callback(node.selectionStart)
+  }
+  for (let event of events) {
+    node.addEventListener(event, listener)
+  }
+  return {
+    teardown () {
+      for (let event of events) {
+        node.removeEventListener(event, listener)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/routes/_utils/once.js b/routes/_utils/once.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..88b17cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/routes/_utils/once.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+// svelte helper to add a .once() method similar to .on, but only fires once
+
+export function once (eventName, callback) {
+  let listener = this.on(eventName, eventValue => {
+    listener.cancel()
+    callback(eventValue)
+  })
+}
diff --git a/scss/themes/_base.scss b/scss/themes/_base.scss
index e26d63d..522db06 100644
--- a/scss/themes/_base.scss
+++ b/scss/themes/_base.scss
@@ -74,4 +74,8 @@
   --muted-modal-bg: transparent;
   --muted-modal-focus: #999;
   --muted-modal-hover: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.2);
+
+  --compose-autosuggest-item-hover: $compose-background;
+  --compose-autosuggest-item-active: darken($compose-background, 5%);
+  --compose-autosuggest-outline: lighten($focus-outline, 5%);
 }
diff --git a/scss/themes/_default.scss b/scss/themes/_default.scss
index 46ab57a..e36c9cd 100644
--- a/scss/themes/_default.scss
+++ b/scss/themes/_default.scss
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ $secondary-text-color: white;
 $toast-border: #fafafa;
 $toast-bg: #333;
 $focus-outline: lighten($main-theme-color, 30%);
+$compose-background: lighten($main-theme-color, 32%);
 
 @import "_base.scss";
 
diff --git a/scss/themes/_offline.scss b/scss/themes/_offline.scss
index d41f7a5..cd95351 100644
--- a/scss/themes/_offline.scss
+++ b/scss/themes/_offline.scss
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ $secondary-text-color: white;
 $toast-border: #fafafa;
 $toast-bg: #333;
 $focus-outline: lighten($main-theme-color, 15%);
+$compose-background: lighten($main-theme-color, 17%);
 
 @import "_base.scss";
 
diff --git a/scss/themes/gecko.scss b/scss/themes/gecko.scss
index 69358c0..ce8c6a2 100644
--- a/scss/themes/gecko.scss
+++ b/scss/themes/gecko.scss
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ $secondary-text-color: white;
 $toast-border: #fafafa;
 $toast-bg: #333;
 $focus-outline: lighten($main-theme-color, 30%);
+$compose-background: lighten($main-theme-color, 32%);
 
 @import "_base.scss";
 
diff --git a/scss/themes/hotpants.scss b/scss/themes/hotpants.scss
index d1d1a18..18a3f92 100644
--- a/scss/themes/hotpants.scss
+++ b/scss/themes/hotpants.scss
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ $secondary-text-color: white;
 $toast-border: #fafafa;
 $toast-bg: #333;
 $focus-outline: lighten($main-theme-color, 15%);
+$compose-background: lighten($main-theme-color, 17%);
 
 @import "_base.scss";
 
diff --git a/scss/themes/majesty.scss b/scss/themes/majesty.scss
index 4d3d482..2960d26 100644
--- a/scss/themes/majesty.scss
+++ b/scss/themes/majesty.scss
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ $secondary-text-color: white;
 $toast-border: #fafafa;
 $toast-bg: #333;
 $focus-outline: lighten($main-theme-color, 30%);
+$compose-background: lighten($main-theme-color, 32%);
 
 @import "_base.scss";
 
diff --git a/scss/themes/oaken.scss b/scss/themes/oaken.scss
index fbb8bc1..f734be1 100644
--- a/scss/themes/oaken.scss
+++ b/scss/themes/oaken.scss
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ $secondary-text-color: white;
 $toast-border: #fafafa;
 $toast-bg: #333;
 $focus-outline: lighten($main-theme-color, 30%);
+$compose-background: lighten($main-theme-color, 32%);
 
 @import "_base.scss";
 
diff --git a/scss/themes/scarlet.scss b/scss/themes/scarlet.scss
index c303582..b302331 100644
--- a/scss/themes/scarlet.scss
+++ b/scss/themes/scarlet.scss
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ $secondary-text-color: white;
 $toast-border: #fafafa;
 $toast-bg: #333;
 $focus-outline: lighten($main-theme-color, 30%);
+$compose-background: lighten($main-theme-color, 32%);
 
 @import "_base.scss";
 
diff --git a/scss/themes/seafoam.scss b/scss/themes/seafoam.scss
index 4f91a40..f98baf5 100644
--- a/scss/themes/seafoam.scss
+++ b/scss/themes/seafoam.scss
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ $secondary-text-color: white;
 $toast-border: #fafafa;
 $toast-bg: #333;
 $focus-outline: lighten($main-theme-color, 50%);
+$compose-background: lighten($main-theme-color, 52%);
 
 @import "_base.scss";
 
diff --git a/templates/2xx.html b/templates/2xx.html
index a90170d..75e26c5 100644
--- a/templates/2xx.html
+++ b/templates/2xx.html
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@
 
   <style>
 /* auto-generated w/ build-sass.js */
-body{--button-primary-bg:#6081e6;--button-primary-text:#fff;--button-primary-border:#132c76;--button-primary-bg-active:#456ce2;--button-primary-bg-hover:#6988e7;--button-bg:#e6e6e6;--button-text:#333;--button-border:#a7a7a7;--button-bg-active:#bfbfbf;--button-bg-hover:#f2f2f2;--input-border:#dadada;--anchor-text:#4169e1;--main-bg:#fff;--body-bg:#e8edfb;--body-text-color:#333;--main-border:#dadada;--svg-fill:#4169e1;--form-bg:#f7f7f7;--form-border:#c1c1c1;--nav-bg:#4169e1;--nav-border:#214cce;--nav-a-border:#4169e1;--nav-a-selected-border:#fff;--nav-a-selected-bg:#6d8ce8;--nav-svg-fill:#fff;--nav-text-color:#fff;--nav-a-selected-border-hover:#fff;--nav-a-selected-bg-hover:#839deb;--nav-a-bg-hover:#577ae4;--nav-a-border-hover:#4169e1;--nav-svg-fill-hover:#fff;--nav-text-color-hover:#fff;--action-button-fill-color:#90a8ee;--action-button-fill-color-hover:#a2b6f0;--action-button-fill-color-active:#577ae4;--action-button-fill-color-pressed:#2351dc;--action-button-fill-color-pressed-hover:#3862e0;--action-button-fill-color-pressed-active:#1d44b8;--settings-list-item-bg:#fff;--settings-list-item-text:#4169e1;--settings-list-item-text-hover:#4169e1;--settings-list-item-border:#dadada;--settings-list-item-bg-active:#e6e6e6;--settings-list-item-bg-hover:#fafafa;--toast-bg:#333;--toast-border:#fafafa;--toast-text:#fff;--mask-bg:#333;--mask-svg-fill:#fff;--mask-opaque-bg:rgba(51,51,51,0.8);--loading-bg:#ededed;--deemphasized-text-color:#666;--focus-outline:#c5d1f6;--very-deemphasized-link-color:rgba(65,105,225,0.6);--very-deemphasized-text-color:rgba(102,102,102,0.6);--status-direct-background:#d2dcf8;--main-theme-color:#4169e1;--warning-color:#e01f19;--alt-input-bg:rgba(255,255,255,0.7);--muted-modal-bg:transparent;--muted-modal-focus:#999;--muted-modal-hover:rgba(255,255,255,0.2)}
+body{--button-primary-bg:#6081e6;--button-primary-text:#fff;--button-primary-border:#132c76;--button-primary-bg-active:#456ce2;--button-primary-bg-hover:#6988e7;--button-bg:#e6e6e6;--button-text:#333;--button-border:#a7a7a7;--button-bg-active:#bfbfbf;--button-bg-hover:#f2f2f2;--input-border:#dadada;--anchor-text:#4169e1;--main-bg:#fff;--body-bg:#e8edfb;--body-text-color:#333;--main-border:#dadada;--svg-fill:#4169e1;--form-bg:#f7f7f7;--form-border:#c1c1c1;--nav-bg:#4169e1;--nav-border:#214cce;--nav-a-border:#4169e1;--nav-a-selected-border:#fff;--nav-a-selected-bg:#6d8ce8;--nav-svg-fill:#fff;--nav-text-color:#fff;--nav-a-selected-border-hover:#fff;--nav-a-selected-bg-hover:#839deb;--nav-a-bg-hover:#577ae4;--nav-a-border-hover:#4169e1;--nav-svg-fill-hover:#fff;--nav-text-color-hover:#fff;--action-button-fill-color:#90a8ee;--action-button-fill-color-hover:#a2b6f0;--action-button-fill-color-active:#577ae4;--action-button-fill-color-pressed:#2351dc;--action-button-fill-color-pressed-hover:#3862e0;--action-button-fill-color-pressed-active:#1d44b8;--settings-list-item-bg:#fff;--settings-list-item-text:#4169e1;--settings-list-item-text-hover:#4169e1;--settings-list-item-border:#dadada;--settings-list-item-bg-active:#e6e6e6;--settings-list-item-bg-hover:#fafafa;--toast-bg:#333;--toast-border:#fafafa;--toast-text:#fff;--mask-bg:#333;--mask-svg-fill:#fff;--mask-opaque-bg:rgba(51,51,51,0.8);--loading-bg:#ededed;--deemphasized-text-color:#666;--focus-outline:#c5d1f6;--very-deemphasized-link-color:rgba(65,105,225,0.6);--very-deemphasized-text-color:rgba(102,102,102,0.6);--status-direct-background:#d2dcf8;--main-theme-color:#4169e1;--warning-color:#e01f19;--alt-input-bg:rgba(255,255,255,0.7);--muted-modal-bg:transparent;--muted-modal-focus:#999;--muted-modal-hover:rgba(255,255,255,0.2);--compose-autosuggest-item-hover:#ced8f7;--compose-autosuggest-item-active:#b8c7f4;--compose-autosuggest-outline:#dbe3f9}
 body{margin:0;font-family:system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, Fira Sans, Droid Sans, Helvetica Neue;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4;color:var(--body-text-color);background:var(--body-bg);position:fixed;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;top:0}.container{overflow-y:auto;overflow-x:hidden;-webkit-overflow-scrolling:touch;will-change:transform;position:absolute;top:72px;left:0;right:0;bottom:0}@media (max-width: 767px){.container{top:62px}}main{position:relative;width:602px;max-width:100vw;padding:0;box-sizing:border-box;margin:30px auto 15px;background:var(--main-bg);border:1px solid var(--main-border);border-radius:1px;min-height:70vh}@media (max-width: 767px){main{margin:5px auto 15px}}footer{width:602px;max-width:100vw;box-sizing:border-box;margin:20px auto;border-radius:1px;background:var(--main-bg);font-size:0.9em;padding:20px;border:1px solid var(--main-border)}h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6{margin:0 0 0.5em 0;font-weight:400;line-height:1.2}h1{font-size:2em}a{color:var(--anchor-text);text-decoration:none}a:visited{color:var(--anchor-text)}a:hover{text-decoration:underline}input{border:1px solid var(--input-border);padding:5px;box-sizing:border-box}button,.button{font-size:1.2em;background:var(--button-bg);border-radius:2px;padding:10px 15px;border:1px solid var(--button-border);cursor:pointer;color:var(--button-text)}button:hover,.button:hover{background:var(--button-bg-hover);text-decoration:none}button:active,.button:active{background:var(--button-bg-active)}button[disabled],.button[disabled]{opacity:0.35;pointer-events:none;cursor:not-allowed}button.primary,.button.primary{border:1px solid var(--button-primary-border);background:var(--button-primary-bg);color:var(--button-primary-text)}button.primary:hover,.button.primary:hover{background:var(--button-primary-bg-hover)}button.primary:active,.button.primary:active{background:var(--button-primary-bg-active)}p,label,input{font-size:1.3em}ul,li,p{padding:0;margin:0}.hidden{opacity:0}*:focus{outline:2px solid var(--focus-outline)}button::-moz-focus-inner{border:0}input:required,input:invalid{box-shadow:none}textarea{font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;box-sizing:border-box}@keyframes spin{0%{transform:rotate(0deg)}50%{transform:rotate(180deg)}100%{transform:rotate(360deg)}}.spin{animation:spin 2s infinite linear}.ellipsis::after{content:"\2026"}
-body.offline,body.theme-hotpants.offline,body.theme-majesty.offline,body.theme-oaken.offline,body.theme-scarlet.offline,body.theme-seafoam.offline,body.theme-gecko.offline{--button-primary-bg:#ababab;--button-primary-text:#fff;--button-primary-border:#4d4d4d;--button-primary-bg-active:#9c9c9c;--button-primary-bg-hover:#b0b0b0;--button-bg:#e6e6e6;--button-text:#333;--button-border:#a7a7a7;--button-bg-active:#bfbfbf;--button-bg-hover:#f2f2f2;--input-border:#dadada;--anchor-text:#999;--main-bg:#fff;--body-bg:#fafafa;--body-text-color:#333;--main-border:#dadada;--svg-fill:#999;--form-bg:#f7f7f7;--form-border:#c1c1c1;--nav-bg:#999;--nav-border:gray;--nav-a-border:#999;--nav-a-selected-border:#fff;--nav-a-selected-bg:#b3b3b3;--nav-svg-fill:#fff;--nav-text-color:#fff;--nav-a-selected-border-hover:#fff;--nav-a-selected-bg-hover:#bfbfbf;--nav-a-bg-hover:#a6a6a6;--nav-a-border-hover:#999;--nav-svg-fill-hover:#fff;--nav-text-color-hover:#fff;--action-button-fill-color:#c7c7c7;--action-button-fill-color-hover:#d1d1d1;--action-button-fill-color-active:#a6a6a6;--action-button-fill-color-pressed:#878787;--action-button-fill-color-pressed-hover:#949494;--action-button-fill-color-pressed-active:#737373;--settings-list-item-bg:#fff;--settings-list-item-text:#999;--settings-list-item-text-hover:#999;--settings-list-item-border:#dadada;--settings-list-item-bg-active:#e6e6e6;--settings-list-item-bg-hover:#fafafa;--toast-bg:#333;--toast-border:#fafafa;--toast-text:#fff;--mask-bg:#333;--mask-svg-fill:#fff;--mask-opaque-bg:rgba(51,51,51,0.8);--loading-bg:#ededed;--deemphasized-text-color:#666;--focus-outline:#bfbfbf;--very-deemphasized-link-color:rgba(153,153,153,0.6);--very-deemphasized-text-color:rgba(102,102,102,0.6);--status-direct-background:#ededed;--main-theme-color:#999;--warning-color:#e01f19;--alt-input-bg:rgba(255,255,255,0.7);--muted-modal-bg:transparent;--muted-modal-focus:#999;--muted-modal-hover:rgba(255,255,255,0.2)}
+body.offline,body.theme-hotpants.offline,body.theme-majesty.offline,body.theme-oaken.offline,body.theme-scarlet.offline,body.theme-seafoam.offline,body.theme-gecko.offline{--button-primary-bg:#ababab;--button-primary-text:#fff;--button-primary-border:#4d4d4d;--button-primary-bg-active:#9c9c9c;--button-primary-bg-hover:#b0b0b0;--button-bg:#e6e6e6;--button-text:#333;--button-border:#a7a7a7;--button-bg-active:#bfbfbf;--button-bg-hover:#f2f2f2;--input-border:#dadada;--anchor-text:#999;--main-bg:#fff;--body-bg:#fafafa;--body-text-color:#333;--main-border:#dadada;--svg-fill:#999;--form-bg:#f7f7f7;--form-border:#c1c1c1;--nav-bg:#999;--nav-border:gray;--nav-a-border:#999;--nav-a-selected-border:#fff;--nav-a-selected-bg:#b3b3b3;--nav-svg-fill:#fff;--nav-text-color:#fff;--nav-a-selected-border-hover:#fff;--nav-a-selected-bg-hover:#bfbfbf;--nav-a-bg-hover:#a6a6a6;--nav-a-border-hover:#999;--nav-svg-fill-hover:#fff;--nav-text-color-hover:#fff;--action-button-fill-color:#c7c7c7;--action-button-fill-color-hover:#d1d1d1;--action-button-fill-color-active:#a6a6a6;--action-button-fill-color-pressed:#878787;--action-button-fill-color-pressed-hover:#949494;--action-button-fill-color-pressed-active:#737373;--settings-list-item-bg:#fff;--settings-list-item-text:#999;--settings-list-item-text-hover:#999;--settings-list-item-border:#dadada;--settings-list-item-bg-active:#e6e6e6;--settings-list-item-bg-hover:#fafafa;--toast-bg:#333;--toast-border:#fafafa;--toast-text:#fff;--mask-bg:#333;--mask-svg-fill:#fff;--mask-opaque-bg:rgba(51,51,51,0.8);--loading-bg:#ededed;--deemphasized-text-color:#666;--focus-outline:#bfbfbf;--very-deemphasized-link-color:rgba(153,153,153,0.6);--very-deemphasized-text-color:rgba(102,102,102,0.6);--status-direct-background:#ededed;--main-theme-color:#999;--warning-color:#e01f19;--alt-input-bg:rgba(255,255,255,0.7);--muted-modal-bg:transparent;--muted-modal-focus:#999;--muted-modal-hover:rgba(255,255,255,0.2);--compose-autosuggest-item-hover:#c4c4c4;--compose-autosuggest-item-active:#b8b8b8;--compose-autosuggest-outline:#ccc}
 
 </style>