diff --git a/app/gui/src/main/resources/themes/dark-theme.css b/app/gui/src/main/resources/themes/dark-theme.css
index 68b0a4e474..5ee3b7f14b 100644
--- a/app/gui/src/main/resources/themes/dark-theme.css
+++ b/app/gui/src/main/resources/themes/dark-theme.css
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 .root {
     -fx-accent: #1e74c6;
     -fx-focus-color: -fx-accent;
-    -fx-base: #373e43;
+    -fx-base: #304c5a;
     -fx-control-inner-background: derive(-fx-base, 35%);
     -fx-control-inner-background-alt: -fx-control-inner-background ;
 }