diff --git a/client-src/overlay.js b/client-src/overlay.js
index 9c92e88b67..ca506c8ac8 100644
--- a/client-src/overlay.js
+++ b/client-src/overlay.js
@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@
 
 import ansiHTML from "ansi-html-community";
 import { encode } from "html-entities";
+import {
+  containerStyle,
+  dismissButtonStyle,
+  headerStyle,
+  iframeStyle,
+  msgStyles,
+  msgTextStyle,
+  msgTypeStyle,
+} from "./overlay/styles.js";
 
 const colors = {
   reset: ["transparent", "transparent"],
@@ -28,6 +37,17 @@ let overlayTrustedTypesPolicy;
 
 ansiHTML.setColors(colors);
 
+/**
+ *
+ * @param {HTMLElement} element
+ * @param {CSSStyleDeclaration} style
+ */
+function applyStyle(element, style) {
+  Object.keys(style).forEach((prop) => {
+    element.style[prop] = style[prop];
+  });
+}
+
 /**
  * @param {string | null} trustedTypesPolicyName
  */
@@ -45,15 +65,7 @@ function createContainer(trustedTypesPolicyName) {
   iframeContainerElement = document.createElement("iframe");
   iframeContainerElement.id = "webpack-dev-server-client-overlay";
   iframeContainerElement.src = "about:blank";
-  iframeContainerElement.style.position = "fixed";
-  iframeContainerElement.style.left = 0;
-  iframeContainerElement.style.top = 0;
-  iframeContainerElement.style.right = 0;
-  iframeContainerElement.style.bottom = 0;
-  iframeContainerElement.style.width = "100vw";
-  iframeContainerElement.style.height = "100vh";
-  iframeContainerElement.style.border = "none";
-  iframeContainerElement.style.zIndex = 9999999999;
+  applyStyle(iframeContainerElement, iframeStyle);
   iframeContainerElement.onload = () => {
     containerElement =
       /** @type {Document} */
@@ -61,48 +73,27 @@ function createContainer(trustedTypesPolicyName) {
         /** @type {HTMLIFrameElement} */
         (iframeContainerElement).contentDocument
       ).createElement("div");
+
     containerElement.id = "webpack-dev-server-client-overlay-div";
-    containerElement.style.position = "fixed";
-    containerElement.style.boxSizing = "border-box";
-    containerElement.style.left = 0;
-    containerElement.style.top = 0;
-    containerElement.style.right = 0;
-    containerElement.style.bottom = 0;
-    containerElement.style.width = "100vw";
-    containerElement.style.height = "100vh";
-    containerElement.style.backgroundColor = "rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85)";
-    containerElement.style.color = "#E8E8E8";
-    containerElement.style.fontFamily = "Menlo, Consolas, monospace";
-    containerElement.style.fontSize = "large";
-    containerElement.style.padding = "2rem";
-    containerElement.style.lineHeight = "1.2";
-    containerElement.style.whiteSpace = "pre-wrap";
-    containerElement.style.overflow = "auto";
-
-    const headerElement = document.createElement("span");
+    applyStyle(containerElement, containerStyle);
+
+    const headerElement = document.createElement("div");
 
     headerElement.innerText = "Compiled with problems:";
+    applyStyle(headerElement, headerStyle);
 
     const closeButtonElement = document.createElement("button");
 
-    closeButtonElement.innerText = "X";
-    closeButtonElement.style.background = "transparent";
-    closeButtonElement.style.border = "none";
-    closeButtonElement.style.fontSize = "20px";
-    closeButtonElement.style.fontWeight = "bold";
-    closeButtonElement.style.color = "white";
-    closeButtonElement.style.cursor = "pointer";
-    closeButtonElement.style.cssFloat = "right";
-    // @ts-ignore
-    closeButtonElement.style.styleFloat = "right";
+    applyStyle(closeButtonElement, dismissButtonStyle);
+
+    closeButtonElement.innerText = "×";
+    closeButtonElement.ariaLabel = "Dismiss";
     closeButtonElement.addEventListener("click", () => {
       hide();
     });
 
     containerElement.appendChild(headerElement);
     containerElement.appendChild(closeButtonElement);
-    containerElement.appendChild(document.createElement("br"));
-    containerElement.appendChild(document.createElement("br"));
 
     /** @type {Document} */
     (
@@ -200,26 +191,29 @@ function show(type, messages, trustedTypesPolicyName) {
   ensureOverlayExists(() => {
     messages.forEach((message) => {
       const entryElement = document.createElement("div");
-      const typeElement = document.createElement("span");
+      const msgStyle = type === "warning" ? msgStyles.warning : msgStyles.error;
+      applyStyle(entryElement, {
+        ...msgStyle,
+        padding: "1rem 1rem 1.5rem 1rem",
+      });
+
+      const typeElement = document.createElement("div");
       const { header, body } = formatProblem(type, message);
 
       typeElement.innerText = header;
-      typeElement.style.color = `#${colors.red}`;
+      applyStyle(typeElement, msgTypeStyle);
 
       // Make it look similar to our terminal.
       const text = ansiHTML(encode(body));
       const messageTextNode = document.createElement("div");
+      applyStyle(messageTextNode, msgTextStyle);
 
       messageTextNode.innerHTML = overlayTrustedTypesPolicy
         ? overlayTrustedTypesPolicy.createHTML(text)
         : text;
 
       entryElement.appendChild(typeElement);
-      entryElement.appendChild(document.createElement("br"));
-      entryElement.appendChild(document.createElement("br"));
       entryElement.appendChild(messageTextNode);
-      entryElement.appendChild(document.createElement("br"));
-      entryElement.appendChild(document.createElement("br"));
 
       /** @type {HTMLDivElement} */
       (containerElement).appendChild(entryElement);
diff --git a/client-src/overlay/styles.js b/client-src/overlay/styles.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4786c1b62e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client-src/overlay/styles.js
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+// styles are inspired by `react-error-overlay`
+
+const msgStyles = {
+  error: {
+    backgroundColor: "rgba(206, 17, 38, 0.1)",
+    color: "#fccfcf",
+  },
+  warning: {
+    backgroundColor: "rgba(251, 245, 180, 0.1)",
+    color: "#fbf5b4",
+  },
+};
+
+const iframeStyle = {
+  position: "fixed",
+  top: 0,
+  left: 0,
+  right: 0,
+  bottom: 0,
+  width: "100vw",
+  height: "100vh",
+  border: "none",
+  "z-index": 9999999999,
+};
+
+const containerStyle = {
+  position: "fixed",
+  boxSizing: "border-box",
+  left: 0,
+  top: 0,
+  right: 0,
+  bottom: 0,
+  width: "100vw",
+  height: "100vh",
+  fontSize: "large",
+  padding: "2rem 2rem 4rem 2rem",
+  lineHeight: "1.2",
+  whiteSpace: "pre-wrap",
+  overflow: "auto",
+  backgroundColor: "rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)",
+  color: "white",
+};
+
+const headerStyle = {
+  color: "#e83b46",
+  fontSize: "2em",
+  whiteSpace: "pre-wrap",
+  fontFamily: "sans-serif",
+  margin: "0 2rem 2rem 0",
+  flex: "0 0 auto",
+  maxHeight: "50%",
+  overflow: "auto",
+};
+
+const dismissButtonStyle = {
+  color: "#ffffff",
+  lineHeight: "1rem",
+  fontSize: "1.5rem",
+  padding: "1rem",
+  cursor: "pointer",
+  position: "absolute",
+  right: 0,
+  top: 0,
+  backgroundColor: "transparent",
+  border: "none",
+};
+
+const msgTypeStyle = {
+  color: "#e83b46",
+  fontSize: "1.2em",
+  marginBottom: "1rem",
+  fontFamily: "sans-serif",
+};
+
+const msgTextStyle = {
+  lineHeight: "1.5",
+  fontSize: "1rem",
+  fontFamily: "Menlo, Consolas, monospace",
+};
+
+export {
+  msgStyles,
+  iframeStyle,
+  containerStyle,
+  headerStyle,
+  dismissButtonStyle,
+  msgTypeStyle,
+  msgTextStyle,
+};