How to Change Enemy Highlight Color in VALORANT

How to change the enemy highlight color

1. Open VALORANT and select the gear icon in the upper-right corner.
2. Choose Settings, then open General.
3. Find the Accessibility group.
4. Open Enemy Highlight Color and select one of the four labeled options.
5. Close Settings and check the result in the Range or a Custom Game before queueing.

The change should apply immediately. Riot refreshed the PC Settings pages in Patch 12.07, so an older screenshot may arrange the controls differently even when the option itself is still available.

What do the four enemy-color options mean?

These are accessibility labels used by the game, not diagnoses. Players with or without color-vision differences can use any choice. Patch 12.06 still referenced Enemy Highlight Color in a live UI bug fix, confirming that Riot treats it as an active gameplay setting.

Which enemy highlight color should you use?

There is no universally fastest color. Use a controlled visibility check instead of copying a player whose monitor, crosshair, and color settings differ from yours.

1. Enter the Range and keep your normal display and room lighting.
2. Test each option against stationary and strafing bots at short and long range.
3. Check bright walls, dark corners, smoke edges, and ability-heavy scenes.
4. Keep the option that remains distinguishable without making your crosshair harder to read.

If a yellow enemy outline competes with a yellow crosshair, changing either one may improve separation. Our crosshair-placement guide explains why keeping your reticle readable at head height matters more than chasing a fashionable color combination.

Enemy Highlight Color does not recolor every hostile ability, thicken outlines, increase contrast through smoke, or reveal an opponent who would otherwise be hidden. It also does not change team colors in the scoreboard.

Can you change enemy color on console?

VALORANT exposes accessibility and visual controls on supported console versions, but navigation labels and focus behavior can differ from PC. Open Settings with your controller, use the General tab, and locate Enemy Highlight Color in Accessibility. If the control is absent, confirm the game is fully updated before assuming the feature was removed.

A television's picture mode, HDR processing, and viewing distance can change which option is easiest to see. Test from your normal seat rather than judging the small menu preview alone.

Why did the enemy color not change?

1. Confirm the correct setting. Enemy Highlight Color is separate from crosshair color and team-highlight options used by observers.
2. Return to the Range. A menu preview or cosmetic screen is not a reliable enemy-outline test.
3. Restart VALORANT. Close the game normally, reopen it, and check whether the selection persisted.
4. Check for a current update. Riot can deploy client fixes, and Patch 12.06 previously corrected a red-highlight minimap-icon bug.
5. Check whether settings are resetting. If several controls revert together, use the safe sequence in our VALORANT settings-reset guide.

Do not download an unofficial color filter, injector, or overlay to modify enemy outlines. Apart from security risk, third-party software that interacts with the game can create account-integrity concerns.

Related settings worth checking

Enemy color is only one part of visual clarity. A readable minimap setup helps you process teammate vision, while sensible VALORANT keybinds keep essential controls comfortable. New players can use the VALORANT beginner guide to separate useful interface changes from settings that are mostly preference.

Enemy highlight color FAQ

What is the best enemy color in VALORANT?

The best option is the one you can distinguish reliably across maps, effects, and distances. Red is the default, but purple or either labeled yellow mode can be clearer for some displays and players.

Does yellow improve reaction time?

VALORANT does not assign a gameplay-speed bonus to a highlight color. Claims that one color automatically improves reaction time usually ignore the player's display, vision, crosshair, and testing method.

Is this a full colorblind mode?

No. The setting changes the enemy highlight treatment. It does not recolor every UI element, ability, or map surface.

Will it change my crosshair?

No. Crosshair color is configured separately in the Crosshair settings.