diff --git a/wp-admin/css/colors-classic.css b/wp-admin/css/colors-classic.css
index 2cc9d41696..a57ed8ec9d 100644
--- a/wp-admin/css/colors-classic.css
+++ b/wp-admin/css/colors-classic.css
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ li.widget-list-control-item div.widget-control {
 }
 
 .setting-description, .form-wrap p {
-	color: #999;
+	color: #666;
 }
 
 select {
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ ul#widget-list li.widget-list-item h4.widget-title {
 .form-input-tip,
 .rss-widget span.rss-date,
 .subsubsub {
-	color: #999;
+	color: #666;
 }
 
 .media-item {
diff --git a/wp-admin/css/colors-fresh.css b/wp-admin/css/colors-fresh.css
index 67f3a4a2d0..73050191bb 100644
--- a/wp-admin/css/colors-fresh.css
+++ b/wp-admin/css/colors-fresh.css
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ li.widget-list-control-item div.widget-control {
 }
 
 .setting-description, .form-wrap p {
-	color: #999;
+	color: #666;
 }
 
 select {
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ ul#widget-list li.widget-list-item h4.widget-title {
 .form-input-tip,
 .rss-widget span.rss-date,
 .subsubsub {
-	color: #999;
+	color: #666;
 }
 
 .media-item {
diff --git a/wp-admin/css/dashboard.css b/wp-admin/css/dashboard.css
index bf6ac84f93..9f92a5bc27 100644
--- a/wp-admin/css/dashboard.css
+++ b/wp-admin/css/dashboard.css
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ div.postbox div.inside {
 
 #dashboard_recent_comments .comment-meta .approve {
 	font-style: italic;
-	font-family: "Lucida Sans", "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, "Bitstream Vera Sans", sans-serif;
+	font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, "Bitstream Vera Sans", sans-serif;
 	font-size: 10px;
 }
 
diff --git a/wp-admin/wp-admin.css b/wp-admin/wp-admin.css
index 73f26c56df..a051f939ea 100644
--- a/wp-admin/wp-admin.css
+++ b/wp-admin/wp-admin.css
@@ -1277,7 +1277,7 @@ table.form-table td .updated {
 
 .setting-description, .form-wrap p {
 	font-style: italic;
-	font-family: "Lucida Sans", "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, "Bitstream Vera Sans", sans-serif;
+	font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, "Bitstream Vera Sans", sans-serif;
 }
 
 .form-wrap .form-field {
@@ -1454,7 +1454,7 @@ table.form-table td .updated {
 .howto {
 	font-style: italic;
 	display: block;
-	font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Bitstream Vera Sans", "Lucida Sans", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;
+	font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, "Bitstream Vera Sans", sans-serif;
 }
 
 .ac_results {
@@ -2817,7 +2817,7 @@ abbr.required {
 #utc-time, #local-time {
 	padding-left: 25px;
 	font-style: italic;
-	font-family: "Lucida Sans", "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, "Bitstream Vera Sans", sans-serif;
+	font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, "Bitstream Vera Sans", sans-serif;
 }
 
 ul#dismissed-updates {