diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/topic-post.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/topic-post.scss
index 417ea29d71f..3b0d6200875 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/topic-post.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/topic-post.scss
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ table.md-table {
     text-transform: uppercase;
     font-weight: bold;
     font-size: 0.9em;
-    color: dark-light-choose(scale-color($primary, $lightness: 50%), scale-color($secondary, $lightness: 50%));
+    color: dark-light-choose(scale-color($primary, $lightness: 75%), scale-color($secondary, $lightness: 25%));
 
     .custom-message {
       text-transform: none;