diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/embed.css.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/embed.css.scss
index 4e76f768891..4765ad693c2 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/embed.css.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/embed.css.scss
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ article.post {
   }
 
   .quote .title {
-    border-left: 5px solid scale-color-diff();
-    background-color: lighten($primary, 76%);
+    border-left: 5px solid darken(scale-color-diff(), 10%);
+    background-color: scale-color-diff();
     padding: 10px 10px 0 12px;
     .avatar { margin-right: 7px; }
   }