Insert mode with background shade

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I’d like to have the background color shade slightly lighter once I’m in insert mode.
It’s just that looking to the right bottom corner is just too far away.

How could I achieve this?

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# Dracula – A dark theme (https://draculatheme.com)
declare-option str background 'rgb:282a36'
declare-option str dimmed_background 'rgb:44475a'
declare-option str foreground 'rgb:f8f8f2'

# Dimmed background
hook -always global ModeChange 'push:normal:insert' %{
  set-face window Default "%opt{foreground},%opt{dimmed_background}"
}

# Restore background
hook -always global ModeChange 'pop:insert:normal' %{
  set-face window Default "%opt{foreground},%opt{background}"
}

EDIT: Update with hook -always.

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Very nice, thank you!

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@alexherbo2 I’ve got a follow up question.
Is it possible to also make this happen on using: \o & \i - since its my standard way of pasting from the clipboard. Or is there a better workaround?

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\o and \i per definition don’t execute hooks, so that won’t work.
I paste from clipboard using the method described in the wiki which uses the ! command.

Edit: It seems I was wrong, I’m sorry. See @alexherbo2’s answer.

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Yes it is possible using hook -always.

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