ls looks ugly.

[devxpy]

Why is the contrast all messed up here?

[jesusserranost]

Check the value of di (directory) which is currently set up in your environmental variable $LS_COLORS.
Mine is di=01;34 which shows the directory entries in bold (01) and blue (34):

echo $LS_COLORS
rs=0:di=01;34:ln=01;...

For more information check this out: https://www.howtogeek.com/307899/how-to-change-the-colors-of-directories-and-files-in-the-ls-command/