diff --git a/src/display/control/canvas-grid.h b/src/display/control/canvas-grid.h
index afe65c9b275b4e6c0148ccb9444322ded5611ac1..7a1bf71ab9a0cbabcf5ed2a7183ee28d40ea117c 100644
--- a/src/display/control/canvas-grid.h
+++ b/src/display/control/canvas-grid.h
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ enum GridType {
 
 #define GRID_MAXTYPENR 1
 
-#define GRID_DEFAULT_COLOR 0x3F3FFF20
-#define GRID_DEFAULT_EMPCOLOR 0x3F3FFF40
+#define GRID_DEFAULT_COLOR    0x0099e526
+#define GRID_DEFAULT_EMPCOLOR 0x0099e54d
 
 class CanvasGrid {
 public:
diff --git a/src/object/sp-guide.cpp b/src/object/sp-guide.cpp
index c840dd8493e15b20f0171d7962476575cc2cb6eb..7e9ed6c89abd7d936ac007593e1be4c98708948e 100644
--- a/src/object/sp-guide.cpp
+++ b/src/object/sp-guide.cpp
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ SPGuide::SPGuide()
     , locked(false)
     , normal_to_line(Geom::Point(0.,1.))
     , point_on_line(Geom::Point(0.,0.))
-    , color(0x0000ff7f)
+    , color(0x0086e599)
     , hicolor(0xff00007f)
 {}
 
diff --git a/src/object/sp-namedview.cpp b/src/object/sp-namedview.cpp
index 429cae155dd50355647e7760310c630274bddb78..02dbc4b448911f733d2e60962c3fee9e54b58633 100644
--- a/src/object/sp-namedview.cpp
+++ b/src/object/sp-namedview.cpp
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ using Inkscape::Util::unit_table;
 #define DEFAULTGRIDCOLOR 0x3f3fff25
 #define DEFAULTGRIDEMPCOLOR 0x3f3fff60
 #define DEFAULTGRIDEMPSPACING 5
-#define DEFAULTGUIDECOLOR 0x0000ff7f
+#define DEFAULTGUIDECOLOR   0x0086e599
 #define DEFAULTGUIDEHICOLOR 0xff00007f
 #define DEFAULTDESKCOLOR 0xd1d1d1ff