diff --git a/res/themes/dark/css/_dark.scss b/res/themes/dark/css/_dark.scss
index c0d0f15613..f3bb483e30 100644
--- a/res/themes/dark/css/_dark.scss
+++ b/res/themes/dark/css/_dark.scss
@@ -103,6 +103,10 @@ $panel-divider-color: $header-panel-border-color;
 
 $widget-menu-bar-bg-color: $search-bg-color;
 
+// event redaction
+$event-redacted-fg-color: #606060;
+$event-redacted-border-color: #000000;
+
 // event timestamp
 $event-timestamp-color: $text-secondary-color;