diff --git a/public/app/core/logs_model.ts b/public/app/core/logs_model.ts
index 1527f18e4b6..08d53a835d2 100644
--- a/public/app/core/logs_model.ts
+++ b/public/app/core/logs_model.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import _ from 'lodash';
 import { TimeSeries } from 'app/core/core';
-import colors from 'app/core/utils/colors';
+import colors, { getThemeColor } from 'app/core/utils/colors';
 
 export enum LogLevel {
   crit = 'critical',
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export const LogLevelColor = {
   [LogLevel.info]: colors[0],
   [LogLevel.debug]: colors[5],
   [LogLevel.trace]: colors[2],
-  [LogLevel.unkown]: '#ddd',
+  [LogLevel.unkown]: getThemeColor('#8e8e8e', '#dde4ed'),
 };
 
 export interface LogSearchMatch {
diff --git a/public/app/core/utils/colors.ts b/public/app/core/utils/colors.ts
index 13e02b76e30..34508e94a9f 100644
--- a/public/app/core/utils/colors.ts
+++ b/public/app/core/utils/colors.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import _ from 'lodash';
 import tinycolor from 'tinycolor2';
+import config from 'app/core/config';
 
 export const PALETTE_ROWS = 4;
 export const PALETTE_COLUMNS = 14;
@@ -90,5 +91,9 @@ export function hslToHex(color) {
   return tinycolor(color).toHexString();
 }
 
+export function getThemeColor(dark: string, light: string): string {
+  return config.bootData.user.lightTheme ? light : dark;
+}
+
 export let sortedColors = sortColorsByHue(colors);
 export default colors;
diff --git a/public/sass/_variables.dark.scss b/public/sass/_variables.dark.scss
index 3fc3770176d..f38349f48f4 100644
--- a/public/sass/_variables.dark.scss
+++ b/public/sass/_variables.dark.scss
@@ -350,3 +350,6 @@ $diff-json-icon: $gray-7;
 
 //Submenu
 $variable-option-bg: $blue-dark;
+
+// logs
+$logs-color-unkown: $gray-2;
diff --git a/public/sass/_variables.light.scss b/public/sass/_variables.light.scss
index c70f75c9946..d76cfce85af 100644
--- a/public/sass/_variables.light.scss
+++ b/public/sass/_variables.light.scss
@@ -359,3 +359,6 @@ $diff-json-icon: $gray-4;
 
 //Submenu
 $variable-option-bg: $blue-light;
+
+// logs
+$logs-color-unkown: $gray-5;
diff --git a/public/sass/components/_panel_logs.scss b/public/sass/components/_panel_logs.scss
index 46a6fbe81a2..f1a2a32af2c 100644
--- a/public/sass/components/_panel_logs.scss
+++ b/public/sass/components/_panel_logs.scss
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ $column-horizontal-spacing: 10px;
   font-size: 12px;
   display: table;
   table-layout: fixed;
-  margin: 0 -(nth($panel-padding, 2));
 }
 
 .logs-row {
@@ -66,14 +65,6 @@ $column-horizontal-spacing: 10px;
     vertical-align: middle;
     border-top: 1px solid transparent;
     border-bottom: 1px solid transparent;
-
-    &:first-child {
-      padding-left: $column-horizontal-spacing - 2px;
-    }
-
-    &:last-child {
-      padding-left: $column-horizontal-spacing;
-    }
   }
 
   &:hover {
@@ -111,7 +102,6 @@ $column-horizontal-spacing: 10px;
 
 .logs-row__level {
   position: relative;
-  // width: 12px;
 
   &::after {
     content: '';
@@ -120,7 +110,7 @@ $column-horizontal-spacing: 10px;
     top: 1px;
     bottom: 1px;
     width: 3px;
-    background-color: $gray-2;
+    background-color: $logs-color-unkown;
   }
 
   &--critical,