diff --git a/css/src/components/tabledrag.css b/css/src/components/tabledrag.css
index ad5273dd97420dd17883dc9e3250299a74994eb6..0f0dbcd8bcafa472efd808f2b4b62f18583c1c04 100644
--- a/css/src/components/tabledrag.css
+++ b/css/src/components/tabledrag.css
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ body.drag {
 }
 /* Empty region message row in table. */
 .region-message {
-  color: var(--color-oldsilver);
+  color: var(--color-davysgrey);
 }
 /* If the region is populated, we shouldn't display the empty message. */
 .region-message.region-populated {