iPad Pro: Dark mode widgets faded gray after iOS 26

I have just updated to the iOS 26 on my ipad pro and I am extremely frustrated. I always stay on dark mode, my calendar widget and other widgets used to be dark, now they are a faded gray and it's extremely frustrating that I don't have a crisp contrast anymore.

The closest thread to my problem is this one; 'After installing iOS 26 noticing glaring issue on iPhone Home Screen'

I have tried all the troubleshooting steps suggested by responses, however, nothing seems to fix the issue I have as they were referring to the boxes around stacks and at the bottom home screen bar I think. The troubleshooting steps I followed from this thread do NOT seem to address my issue.

PLEASE, help me get my dark widgets back!

I confirm that my issue is with the appearance of the WIDGETS and icons themselves, specifically the calendar widget and my todoist app widgets. They are now a low contrast gray color instead of a dark black color with texts in a lighter gray color instead of a white or fully saturated bright color.

I will post screenshots from my ipad before and after (has the problem, low contrast)

BEFORE (My darks are dark);

AFTER (this is the problem, my darks are gray)