diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/header.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/header.scss
index be02174771b..8f2cb201f5e 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/header.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/header.scss
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
     line-height: 15px;
   }
   .selected {
-    background-color: scale-color($tertiary, $lightness: 75%);
+    background-color: scale-color($tertiary, $lightness: 90%);
   }
 
   // Notifications
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
       color: scale-color($primary, $lightness: 50%);
     }
     li {
-      background-color: scale-color($tertiary, $lightness: 75%);
+      background-color: scale-color($tertiary, $lightness: 90%);
     }
     .read {
       background-color: $secondary;
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/topic-post.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/topic-post.scss
index 4db7e2f8fdb..84b893c2560 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/topic-post.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/topic-post.scss
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ blockquote { /* solo quotes */
 
   .title {
   border-left: 5px solid scale-color($primary, $lightness: 75%);
-  background-color: scale-color($primary, $lightness: 90%);
+  background-color: scale-color($primary, $lightness: 95%);
   padding: 12px;
   .avatar { margin-right: 7px; }
   img {margin-top: -4px;}