diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/fontsettingspage.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/fontsettingspage.cpp
index 1795158a6eb29cc4b0f7e89e8da4209ab5925766..ea351db3a07e93eae2e5c1f2e332820e92b656b0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/fontsettingspage.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/fontsettingspage.cpp
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ QColor FormatDescription::background() const
     } else if (m_name == QLatin1String(Constants::C_OCCURRENCES)) {
         return QColor(180, 180, 180);
     } else if (m_name == QLatin1String(Constants::C_OCCURRENCES_RENAME)) {
-        return QColor(255, 180, 180);
+        return QColor(255, 100, 100);
     } else if (m_name == QLatin1String(Constants::C_DISABLED_CODE)) {
         return QColor(239, 239, 239);
     }