diff --git a/src/wp-admin/css/common.css b/src/wp-admin/css/common.css
index c80af03e11032..4262a04a2147a 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/css/common.css
+++ b/src/wp-admin/css/common.css
@@ -2245,7 +2245,7 @@ html.wp-toolbar {
 
 .postbox .handle-order-higher,
 .postbox .handle-order-lower {
-	color: #787c82;
+	color: #646970;
 	width: 1.62rem;
 }
 
@@ -3659,7 +3659,7 @@ img {
 .postbox .handlediv.button-link,
 .item-edit,
 .toggle-indicator {
-	color: #787c82;
+	color: #646970;
 }
 
 .widget-action {
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/css/dashboard.css b/src/wp-admin/css/dashboard.css
index 8196e6e10b49f..cf50c02305467 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/css/dashboard.css
+++ b/src/wp-admin/css/dashboard.css
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@
 	margin-bottom: 0;
 	padding: 12px;
 	border-top: 1px solid #f0f0f1;
-	color: #dcdcde;
+	color: #646970;
 }
 
 /* Safari 10 + VoiceOver specific: without this, the hidden text gets read out before the link. */
@@ -962,7 +962,7 @@ body #dashboard-widgets .postbox form .submit {
 }
 
 .activity-block .subsubsub li {
-	color: #dcdcde;
+	color: #646970;
 }
 
 /* Dashboard activity widget - Comments */
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/css/list-tables.css b/src/wp-admin/css/list-tables.css
index bd548e9e71053..a83b9e0530c3e 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/css/list-tables.css
+++ b/src/wp-admin/css/list-tables.css
@@ -853,7 +853,7 @@ p.pagenav {
 }
 
 .row-actions {
-	color: #a7aaad;
+	color: #646970;
 	font-size: 13px;
 	padding: 2px 0 0;
 	position: relative;