diff --git a/plugins/builtin/romfs/themes/dark.json b/plugins/builtin/romfs/themes/dark.json
index bb1cfd0de..637670fa2 100644
--- a/plugins/builtin/romfs/themes/dark.json
+++ b/plugins/builtin/romfs/themes/dark.json
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
             "advanced-encoding-multi":  "#F1C40FFF",
             "advanced-encoding-unknown":  "#E74C3CFF",
             "patches":  "#E74C3CFF",
-            "pattern-selected":  "#06539BFF"
+            "pattern-selected":  "#3683CBFF"
         },
         "imnodes": {
             "box-selector": "#3D85E01E",
diff --git a/plugins/ui/source/ui/pattern_drawer.cpp b/plugins/ui/source/ui/pattern_drawer.cpp
index d57d38bfe..252f7cc89 100644
--- a/plugins/ui/source/ui/pattern_drawer.cpp
+++ b/plugins/ui/source/ui/pattern_drawer.cpp
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ namespace hex::ui {
 
         using namespace ::std::literals::string_literals;
 
-        bool isPatternSelected(u64 address, u64 size) {
+        bool isPatternOverlapSelected(u64 address, u64 size) {
             auto currSelection = ImHexApi::HexEditor::getSelection();
             if (!currSelection.has_value())
                 return false;
@@ -52,26 +52,38 @@ namespace hex::ui {
             return Region{ address, size }.overlaps(*currSelection);
         }
 
+        bool isPatternFullySelected(u64 address, u64 size) {
+            auto currSelection = ImHexApi::HexEditor::getSelection();
+            if (!currSelection.has_value())
+                return false;
+
+            return currSelection->address == address && currSelection->size == size;
+        }
+
         template<typename T>
         auto highlightWhenSelected(u64 address, u64 size, const T &callback) {
             constexpr static bool HasReturn = !requires(T t) { { t() } -> std::same_as<void>; };
 
-            auto selected = isPatternSelected(address, size);
+            const auto overlapSelected = isPatternOverlapSelected(address, size);
+            const auto fullySelected = isPatternFullySelected(address, size);
 
-            if (selected)
-                ImGui::PushStyleColor(ImGuiCol_Text, ImGuiExt::GetCustomColorVec4(ImGuiCustomCol_PatternSelected));
+            const u32 selectionColor = ImColor(ImGuiExt::GetCustomColorVec4(ImGuiCustomCol_PatternSelected));
+            if (overlapSelected)
+                ImGui::PushStyleColor(ImGuiCol_Text, selectionColor);
+            if (fullySelected)
+                ImGui::TableSetBgColor(ImGuiTableBgTarget_RowBg0, (selectionColor & 0x00'FF'FF'FF) | 0x30'00'00'00);
 
             if constexpr (HasReturn) {
                 auto result = callback();
 
-                if (selected)
+                if (overlapSelected)
                     ImGui::PopStyleColor();
 
                 return result;
             } else {
                 callback();
 
-                if (selected)
+                if (overlapSelected)
                     ImGui::PopStyleColor();
             }
         }