Is there some setting that I'm missing or should I just accept that this is how it's supposed to be?
It looks to me as if there's an RGB range issue (0-255 vs 16-235 maybe?).
Snapshots from camera and BI included.
Camera:
 
Blue Iris:
 
Camera: Dahua IPC-HDW5231R-ZE, encoding H.265 variable bitrate
 It looks to me as if there's an RGB range issue (0-255 vs 16-235 maybe?).
Snapshots from camera and BI included.
Camera:
 Blue Iris:
 Camera: Dahua IPC-HDW5231R-ZE, encoding H.265 variable bitrate