diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designmodewidget.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designmodewidget.cpp
index ba77b5c57866ea28becef8cbdd7e882b25c83ceb..24731567e8f884b242194c74a48273dc7c08db29 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designmodewidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designmodewidget.cpp
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ void DesignModeWidget::setup()
             QFile file2(":/qmldesigner/scrollbar.css");
             file2.open(QFile::ReadOnly);
 
-            QString labelStyle = QLatin1String("QLabel { background-color: #707070; }");
+            QString labelStyle = QLatin1String("QLabel { background-color: ##4f4f4f; }");
 
             QString styleSheet = file.readAll() + file2.readAll() + labelStyle;
             navigationView.widget->setStyleSheet(styleSheet);