When you layer the translucent effect with a color, you still get a glassy look but the text and iconography atop them are more legible. I recently switched to using an orange liquid glass tint on my lock screen and home screen. It looks particularly great when paired with the wallpaper I am rocking which features an orange flower. But the best part is that everything is even more defined. They also bring further personality to the system.

Tinted Liquid Glass Should be the Future of User Interfaces on Apple Platforms | Parker Ortolani
https://parkerortolani.blog/2025/08/04/tinted-liquid-glass-should-be.html

While I disagree with Parker that the current liquid glass is a coherent system as of Dev Beta 4, I think he's onto something here. The addition of a tinted color (aka the secondary color for a comparison with Material design for example), will go a long way to make the apps own their branding more, shining their personality all the while improving legibility. Let's see.