diff --git a/opentech/static_src/src/sass/apply/abstracts/_variables.scss b/opentech/static_src/src/sass/apply/abstracts/_variables.scss
index 4dd98ad060b53abb79eca4e234ffbd811448e629..e104ee77515a074f7cb6651c9e37f43a07aded20 100644
--- a/opentech/static_src/src/sass/apply/abstracts/_variables.scss
+++ b/opentech/static_src/src/sass/apply/abstracts/_variables.scss
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ $color--mustard: #e6ab32;
 $color--purple: #8c0bbf;
 $color--pink: #e35ca6;
 $color--light-pink: #ffe1df;
+$color--light-green: #e1fae1;
 $color--tomato: #f05e54;
 $color--mint: #40c2ad;
 $color--grass: #7dc588;
diff --git a/opentech/static_src/src/sass/apply/components/_revisions.scss b/opentech/static_src/src/sass/apply/components/_revisions.scss
index 55d93c203f1257d6d730d32585bca0f6f2f5fcc4..ece83b5c7e1b6afbba52176b5ffd7c9aaa92ebeb 100644
--- a/opentech/static_src/src/sass/apply/components/_revisions.scss
+++ b/opentech/static_src/src/sass/apply/components/_revisions.scss
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     display: inline-block;
 
     &__deleted {
-        background-color: $color--pastel-red;
+        background-color: $color--light-pink;
 
         a {
             background-color: inherit;
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     }
 
     &__added {
-        background-color: $color--pastel-green;
+        background-color: $color--light-green;
 
         a {
             background-color: inherit;
diff --git a/opentech/static_src/src/sass/public/abstracts/_variables.scss b/opentech/static_src/src/sass/public/abstracts/_variables.scss
index cf85b51670c7b4d2197a8dccad7c3c67a6d571ee..73cff3478f78cd1294882ea0ecabba4d41c59dc4 100644
--- a/opentech/static_src/src/sass/public/abstracts/_variables.scss
+++ b/opentech/static_src/src/sass/public/abstracts/_variables.scss
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ $color--mustard: #e6ab32;
 $color--purple: #8c0bbf;
 $color--pink: #e35ca6;
 $color--light-pink: #ffe1df;
+$color--light-green: #e1fae1;
 $color--tomato: #f05e54;
 $color--mint: #40c2ad;
 $color--grass: #7dc588;