diff --git a/site/src/components/FilmGrain/FilmGrain.tsx b/site/src/components/FilmGrain/FilmGrain.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9180f3ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site/src/components/FilmGrain/FilmGrain.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import clsx from 'clsx';
+import { twMerge } from 'tailwind-merge';
+import texture from './texture.svg?raw';
+
+const textureUrl = `data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,${encodeURIComponent(texture)}`;
+
+interface Props {
+  currentPath: string;
+  className?: string;
+}
+
+export default function FilmGrain({ currentPath, className }: Props) {
+  return (
+    <div
+      className={twMerge(
+        clsx(
+          'absolute w-full h-full top-0 left-0 pointer-events-none mix-blend-overlay z-10',
+          currentPath.startsWith('/docs') ? 'opacity-70 dark:opacity-50' : 'opacity-70 dark:opacity-60',
+        ),
+        className,
+      )}
+      style={{
+        backgroundImage: `url("${textureUrl}")`,
+        backgroundPosition: `0% 0%`,
+        backgroundRepeat: `repeat`,
+      }}
+    />
+  );
+}
diff --git a/site/src/components/FilmGrain/index.ts b/site/src/components/FilmGrain/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1db5951d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site/src/components/FilmGrain/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export { default } from './FilmGrain';
diff --git a/site/src/components/FilmGrain/texture.svg b/site/src/components/FilmGrain/texture.svg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..902c0f53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site/src/components/FilmGrain/texture.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="600" height="600">
+  <filter id="a" x="0%" y="0%" width="100%" height="100%">
+    <feTurbulence baseFrequency=".5" stitchTiles="stitch" result="noise" />
+    <feColorMatrix in="noise" type="saturate" values="0" result="grayscaleNoise" />
+  </filter>
+  <rect width="100%" height="100%" filter="url(#a)" />
+</svg>
diff --git a/site/src/components/NavBar/MobileNav.tsx b/site/src/components/NavBar/MobileNav.tsx
index 08b9c022..44d2da29 100644
--- a/site/src/components/NavBar/MobileNav.tsx
+++ b/site/src/components/NavBar/MobileNav.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { Dialog } from '@base-ui-components/react/dialog';
 import clsx from 'clsx';
 import { ArrowUpRight, Menu, X } from 'lucide-react';
 import { DISCORD_INVITE_URL, GITHUB_REPO_URL } from '@/consts';
+import FilmGrain from '../FilmGrain';
 
 interface NavLink {
   href: string;
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ export default function MobileNav({ navLinks, currentPath, dark = false, childre
       <Dialog.Portal>
         {/* Popup container */}
         <Dialog.Popup className={clsx('fixed inset-0 z-50 flex flex-col', dark ? 'bg-dark-100 text-light-100' : 'bg-light-80 dark:bg-dark-100 text-dark-100 dark:text-light-100')}>
+          <FilmGrain currentPath={currentPath} />
           {/* Header with close button */}
           <div
             className={clsx(
@@ -41,14 +43,16 @@ export default function MobileNav({ navLinks, currentPath, dark = false, childre
             style={{ height: 'var(--nav-h)' }}
           >
             <Dialog.Title className="sr-only">Navigation</Dialog.Title>
-            <p className="text-h5 px-3">Video.js</p>
+            <p className="text-h5 px-3">Video.js v10</p>
             <Dialog.Close className={clsx('flex items-center justify-center p-3 h-full aspect-square', dark ? 'bg-light-80 text-dark-100 intent:bg-light-40' : 'bg-dark-100 text-light-80 intent:bg-dark-80 dark:bg-light-80 dark:text-dark-100 dark:intent:bg-light-40')} aria-label="Close navigation menu">
               <X size={24} />
             </Dialog.Close>
           </div>
 
-          {/* Children */}
-          {children ? <div className={clsx('border-b', dark ? 'border-dark-80' : 'border-light-40 dark:border-dark-80')}>{children}</div> : null}
+          {/* Astro makes it hard to know if we have children, so, we use -mt-px to hide the border-b if we don't */}
+          <div className={clsx('-mt-px border-b', dark ? 'border-dark-80' : 'border-light-40 dark:border-dark-80')}>
+            {children}
+          </div>
 
           {/* Navigation links */}
           <nav className="flex flex-col py-3">
diff --git a/site/src/components/NavBar/NavBar.astro b/site/src/components/NavBar/NavBar.astro
index b457a76c..1dff5ce5 100644
--- a/site/src/components/NavBar/NavBar.astro
+++ b/site/src/components/NavBar/NavBar.astro
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import MobileNav from './MobileNav';
 import { ArrowUpRight } from 'lucide-react';
 import Discord from '@/components/icons/Discord';
 import GitHub from '@/components/icons/GitHub';
+import FilmGrain from '../FilmGrain';
 
 export interface Props {
   dark?: boolean;
@@ -35,10 +36,12 @@ const { class: className, dark = false } = Astro.props;
   ]}
   style="height: var(--nav-h);"
 >
-  <!-- Logo -->
+  {/* Grain */}
+  <FilmGrain currentPath={Astro.url.pathname} />
+  {/* Logo */}
   <a href="/" class="flex items-center px-3 text-h5">Video.js v10</a>
 
-  <!-- Desktop nav links -->
+  {/* Desktop nav links */}
   <div class="hidden sm:flex -mb-px pr-3">
     {
       navLinks.map((link) => (
@@ -76,7 +79,7 @@ const { class: className, dark = false } = Astro.props;
     </a>
   </div>
 
-  <!-- Mobile nav -->
+  {/* Mobile nav */}
   <MobileNav client:load navLinks={navLinks} currentPath={currentPath} dark={dark}>
     <slot name="mobile-nav" />
   </MobileNav>
diff --git a/site/src/components/docs/DocsSidebar.astro b/site/src/components/docs/DocsSidebar.astro
index f16ba68f..f1f293ae 100644
--- a/site/src/components/docs/DocsSidebar.astro
+++ b/site/src/components/docs/DocsSidebar.astro
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import type { SupportedFramework, SupportedStyle } from '@/types/docs';
 import { PreferenceUpdater } from '@/components/docs/PreferenceUpdater';
 import SidebarItem from '@/components/docs/SidebarItem.astro';
 import { filterSidebar } from '@/utils/docs/sidebar';
+import FilmGrain from '../FilmGrain';
 
 type Props<F extends SupportedFramework = SupportedFramework> = {
   framework: F;
@@ -15,8 +16,14 @@ const { framework, style, docTitles } = Astro.props;
 const filteredSidebar = filterSidebar(framework, style);
 ---
 
-<slot />
-<PreferenceUpdater client:idle currentFramework={framework} currentStyle={style} />
-<nav class="p-6 text-dark-80 dark:text-light-40">
-  {filteredSidebar.map((item) => <SidebarItem item={item} framework={framework} style={style} docTitles={docTitles} />)}
-</nav>
+<div class="bg-light-80 dark:bg-dark-100">
+  <slot />
+  <PreferenceUpdater client:idle currentFramework={framework} currentStyle={style} />
+  <nav class="p-6">
+    {
+      filteredSidebar.map((item) => (
+        <SidebarItem item={item} framework={framework} style={style} docTitles={docTitles} />
+      ))
+    }
+  </nav>
+</div>
diff --git a/site/src/layouts/Base.astro b/site/src/layouts/Base.astro
index c64b3ef2..ec2e640f 100644
--- a/site/src/layouts/Base.astro
+++ b/site/src/layouts/Base.astro
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { SITE_TITLE } from '@/consts';
 
 import '@/styles/globals.css';
 
+import FilmGrain from '@/components/FilmGrain';
 import Posthog from '@/components/Posthog.astro';
 import ThemeInit from '@/components/ThemeInit.astro';
 
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ interface Props {
 const canonicalURL = new URL(Astro.url.pathname, Astro.site);
 
 const { title, description, image } = Astro.props;
+
 const fullTitle = Array.isArray(title)
   ? title.filter((t) => t !== SITE_TITLE).join(' | ') + ` | ${SITE_TITLE}`
   : title === SITE_TITLE
@@ -78,15 +80,21 @@ const fullTitle = Array.isArray(title)
   <body
     class:list={[
       'relative',
-      'bg-light-80 dark:bg-dark-100 text-dark-100 dark:text-light-100',
-      'font-sans antialiased text-pretty text-base',
+      'font-sans antialiased text-pretty text-base text-dark-100 dark:text-light-100',
       'min-w-80',
       '[--nav-h:calc(var(--spacing)*13)] sm:[--nav-h:calc(var(--spacing)*14)]',
       'selection:bg-yellow selection:text-dark-100',
     ]}
   >
-    {/* BaseUI requires body.relative and div.isolate */}
-    <div class="isolate">
+    <div
+      class:list={[
+        // BaseUI requires body.relative and div.isolate
+        'isolate',
+        // background colors are applied here for a more consistent FilmGrain blending
+        'bg-light-80 dark:bg-dark-100',
+      ]}
+    >
+      <FilmGrain currentPath={Astro.url.pathname} />
       <slot />
     </div>
   </body>
diff --git a/site/src/layouts/Docs.astro b/site/src/layouts/Docs.astro
index e6398806..e0014fea 100644
--- a/site/src/layouts/Docs.astro
+++ b/site/src/layouts/Docs.astro
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import Base from './Base.astro';
 import { Selectors } from '@/components/docs/Selectors';
 import { getDocTitle } from '@/utils/docs/title';
 import FooterEasterEgg from '@/components/FooterEasterEgg.astro';
+import FilmGrain from '@/components/FilmGrain';
 
 type Props<F extends SupportedFramework = SupportedFramework> = {
   doc: CollectionEntry<'docs'>;
@@ -36,9 +37,10 @@ const docTitles = new Map(allDocs.map((d) => [d.id, getDocTitle(d, framework)]))
       <DocsSidebar slot="mobile-nav" framework={framework} style={style} docTitles={docTitles} />
     </NavBar>
     <aside
-      class="hidden lg:block lg:border-r border-light-40 dark:border-dark-80 sticky overflow-y-scroll"
+      class="hidden lg:block lg:border-r border-light-40 dark:border-dark-80 z-10 sticky overflow-y-scroll"
       style="top: var(--nav-h); max-height: calc(100vh - var(--nav-h));"
     >
+      <FilmGrain currentPath={Astro.url.pathname} />
       <DocsSidebar framework={framework} style={style} docTitles={docTitles}>
         <Selectors client:load currentFramework={framework} currentStyle={style} currentSlug={slug} />
       </DocsSidebar>