How to fix dark grey cursor in Final Cut Pro on MacBook Pro?

when final cut pro is open on my mac, the cursor is brought to a dark grey color across all applications.

when closing final cut pro, the cursor returns to white.

the attached link shows a video of the problem (pardon the messy screen)

When screen recording, the playback shows the cursor with a white border, which it is not how it appears on screen.

https://youtube.com/shorts/8xjgashBtOs?feature=share

I am unsure what is causing this issue - one interesting fact is that by making the mouse comically large in the pointer settings, the border will turn to white again, but only when the mouse is 4x+ the standard size.

This dark grey cursor makes all workflow slower, as the dark grey mouse is hard to locate against the dark UI of FCPx, or any other platform i may have open.

This issue has persisted across software updates.

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