diff --git a/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/DrawSketchController.h b/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/DrawSketchController.h
index 604a4dc0e0..5d26a03069 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/DrawSketchController.h
+++ b/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/DrawSketchController.h
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ private:
                 "User parameter:BaseApp/Preferences/View");
 
             dimConstrColor = SbColor(1.0f, 0.149f, 0.0f);           // NOLINT
-            dimConstrDeactivatedColor = SbColor(0.8f, 0.8f, 0.8f);  // NOLINT
+            dimConstrDeactivatedColor = SbColor(0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5f);  // NOLINT
 
             float transparency = 0.f;
             unsigned long color = (unsigned long)(dimConstrColor.getPackedValue());
diff --git a/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/EditModeCoinManagerParameters.cpp b/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/EditModeCoinManagerParameters.cpp
index aecf0ad0b6..70c7bb1690 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/EditModeCoinManagerParameters.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/EditModeCoinManagerParameters.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 using namespace SketcherGui;
 
 SbColor DrawingParameters::InformationColor(0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f);       // #00FF00 -> (  0,255,  0)
-SbColor DrawingParameters::CreateCurveColor(0.8f, 0.8f, 0.8f);       // #CCCCCC -> (204,204,204)
+SbColor DrawingParameters::CreateCurveColor(0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5f);       // ##7f7f7f -> (127,127,127)
 SbColor DrawingParameters::CrossColorH(0.8f, 0.4f, 0.4f);            // #CC6666 -> (204,102,102)
 SbColor DrawingParameters::CrossColorV(0.47f, 1.0f, 0.51f);          // #83FF83 -> (120,255,131)
 SbColor DrawingParameters::InvalidSketchColor(1.0f, 0.42f, 0.0f);    // #FF6D00 -> (255,109,  0)
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ SbColor DrawingParameters::ConstrIcoColor(1.0f, 0.149f, 0.0f);  // #FF2600 -> (2
 SbColor
     DrawingParameters::NonDrivingConstrDimColor(0.0f, 0.149f, 1.0f);     // #0026FF -> (  0, 38,255)
 SbColor DrawingParameters::ExprBasedConstrDimColor(1.0f, 0.5f, 0.149f);  // #FF7F26 -> (255, 127,38)
-SbColor DrawingParameters::DeactivatedConstrDimColor(0.8f, 0.8f, 0.8f);  // #CCCCCC -> (204,204,204)
-SbColor DrawingParameters::CursorTextColor(0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f);            // #0000FF -> (0,0,255)
+SbColor
+    DrawingParameters::DeactivatedConstrDimColor(0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5f);  // ##7f7f7f -> (127,127,127)
+SbColor DrawingParameters::CursorTextColor(0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f);        // #0000FF -> (0,0,255)
 
 const MultiFieldId MultiFieldId::Invalid = MultiFieldId();
diff --git a/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/SketcherSettingsAppearance.ui b/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/SketcherSettingsAppearance.ui
index cdf9cb8071..6cb5b7dbdc 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/SketcherSettingsAppearance.ui
+++ b/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/SketcherSettingsAppearance.ui
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@
           </property>
           <property name="color" stdset="0">
            <color>
-            <red>204</red>
-            <green>204</green>
-            <blue>204</blue>
+            <red>127</red>
+            <green>127</green>
+            <blue>127</blue>
            </color>
           </property>
           <property name="prefEntry" stdset="0">
@@ -754,9 +754,9 @@
           </property>
           <property name="color" stdset="0">
            <color>
-            <red>204</red>
-            <green>204</green>
-            <blue>204</blue>
+            <red>127</red>
+            <green>127</green>
+            <blue>127</blue>
            </color>
           </property>
           <property name="prefEntry" stdset="0">