diff --git a/src/wp-admin/css/color-picker.css b/src/wp-admin/css/color-picker.css
index ef3c19b465..be98537fb2 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/css/color-picker.css
+++ b/src/wp-admin/css/color-picker.css
@@ -102,16 +102,16 @@
 }
 
 .wp-color-picker::-webkit-input-placeholder {
-	color: #787c82;
+	color: #646970;
 }
 
 .wp-color-picker::-moz-placeholder {
-	color: #787c82;
+	color: #646970;
 	opacity: 1;
 }
 
 .wp-color-picker:-ms-input-placeholder {
-	color: #787c82;
+	color: #646970;
 }
 
 .wp-picker-container input[type="text"].iris-error {
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/css/common.css b/src/wp-admin/css/common.css
index 54aca70f2f..0848c93615 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/css/common.css
+++ b/src/wp-admin/css/common.css
@@ -1020,7 +1020,7 @@ th.action-links {
 	top: -1px;
 	padding: 4px 10px;
 	border-radius: 30px;
-	background: #787c82;
+	background: #646970;
 	color: #fff;
 	font-size: 14px;
 	font-weight: 600;
@@ -1118,7 +1118,7 @@ th.action-links {
 .wp-filter .drawer-toggle:before {
 	content: "\f111";
 	margin: 0 5px 0 0;
-	color: #787c82;
+	color: #646970;
 	font: normal 16px/1 dashicons;
 	vertical-align: text-bottom;
 	-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
@@ -1173,7 +1173,7 @@ th.action-links {
 
 .show-filters .wp-filter .button.drawer-toggle {
 	border-radius: 2px;
-	background: #787c82;
+	background: #646970;
 	color: #fff;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/css/customize-controls.css b/src/wp-admin/css/customize-controls.css
index 0a8fb42094..53f59e4f2f 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/css/customize-controls.css
+++ b/src/wp-admin/css/customize-controls.css
@@ -2603,7 +2603,7 @@ body.adding-widget .add-new-widget:before,
 	height: 30px;
 	line-height: 2.1;
 	text-align: center;
-	color: #787c82;
+	color: #646970;
 }
 
 #available-widgets-filter .clear-results,
@@ -2671,7 +2671,7 @@ body.adding-widget .add-new-widget:before,
 	top: 7px;
 	left: 26px;
 	z-index: 1;
-	color: #787c82;
+	color: #646970;
 	height: 30px;
 	width: 30px;
 	line-height: 2;
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/css/customize-widgets.css b/src/wp-admin/css/customize-widgets.css
index 506c04d6d6..0918cd50e3 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/css/customize-widgets.css
+++ b/src/wp-admin/css/customize-widgets.css
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@
 
 #available-widgets .widget .widget-description {
 	padding: 0;
-	color: #787c82;
+	color: #646970;
 }
 
 #customize-preview {
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/css/dashboard.css b/src/wp-admin/css/dashboard.css
index 18aa999953..8b256c8370 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/css/dashboard.css
+++ b/src/wp-admin/css/dashboard.css
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
 }
 
 .welcome-panel p {
-	color: #787c82;
+	color: #646970;
 }
 
 .welcome-panel li a {
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ body #dashboard-widgets .postbox form .submit {
 }
 
 .rssSummary {
-	color: #787c82;
+	color: #646970;
 	margin-top: 4px;
 }
 
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ body #dashboard-widgets .postbox form .submit {
 
 #dashboard_primary .rss-widget span,
 #dashboard_primary .rss-widget span.rss-date {
-	color: #787c82;
+	color: #646970;
 }
 
 #dashboard_primary .rss-widget span.rss-date {
@@ -756,7 +756,7 @@ body #dashboard-widgets .postbox form .submit {
 }
 
 #dashboard_activity .no-activity p {
-	color: #787c82;
+	color: #646970;
 	font-size: 16px;
 }
 
@@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ body #dashboard-widgets .postbox form .submit {
 
 #dashboard_activity .subsubsub a .count,
 #dashboard_activity .subsubsub a.current .count {
-	color: #787c82; /* white background on the dashboard but #f1f1f1 on list tables */
+	color: #646970; /* white background on the dashboard but #f0f0f1 on list tables */
 }
 
 #future-posts ul,
@@ -995,7 +995,7 @@ a.rsswidget {
 }
 
 .rss-widget span.rss-date {
-	color: #787c82;
+	color: #646970;
 	font-size: 13px;
 	margin-left: 3px;
 }
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/css/deprecated-media.css b/src/wp-admin/css/deprecated-media.css
index 8c900c45cc..66eae89047 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/css/deprecated-media.css
+++ b/src/wp-admin/css/deprecated-media.css
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ div#media-upload-header {
 
 .media-upload-form label.form-help,
 td.help {
-	color: #787c82;
+	color: #646970;
 }
 
 form {
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/css/edit.css b/src/wp-admin/css/edit.css
index 29defc86f8..7cfc3b518e 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/css/edit.css
+++ b/src/wp-admin/css/edit.css
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 }
 
 #titlediv #title-prompt-text {
-	color: #787c82;
+	color: #646970;
 	position: absolute;
 	font-size: 1.7em;
 	padding: 10px;
@@ -1441,7 +1441,7 @@ p.popular-tags a {
 	content: "(" attr( href ) ")";
 	display: inline-block;
 	padding: 0 4px;
-	color: #787c82;
+	color: #646970;
 	font-size: 13px;
 	word-break: break-all;
 }
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/css/forms.css b/src/wp-admin/css/forms.css
index f8c7adabf7..a062461161 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/css/forms.css
+++ b/src/wp-admin/css/forms.css
@@ -226,16 +226,16 @@ textarea[readonly] {
 }
 
 ::-webkit-input-placeholder {
-	color: #787c82;
+	color: #646970;
 }
 
 ::-moz-placeholder {
-	color: #787c82;
+	color: #646970;
 	opacity: 1;
 }
 
 :-ms-input-placeholder {
-	color: #787c82;
+	color: #646970;
 }
 
 .form-invalid .form-required,
@@ -1317,7 +1317,7 @@ table.form-table td .updated p {
 .status-label.status-request-pending {
 	font-weight: 400;
 	font-style: italic;
-	color: #787c82;
+	color: #646970;
 }
 
 .status-label.status-request-failed {
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/css/list-tables.css b/src/wp-admin/css/list-tables.css
index 75d7dd30fa..f05aea526a 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/css/list-tables.css
+++ b/src/wp-admin/css/list-tables.css
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 	min-width: 24px;
 	height: 2em;
 	border-radius: 5px;
-	background-color: #787c82;
+	background-color: #646970;
 	color: #fff;
 	font-size: 11px;
 	line-height: 1.90909090;
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 	margin-left: 8px;
 	width: 0;
 	height: 0;
-	border-top: 5px solid #787c82;
+	border-top: 5px solid #646970;
 	border-right: 5px solid transparent;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/css/nav-menus.css b/src/wp-admin/css/nav-menus.css
index 3ddbe27301..971cae4381 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/css/nav-menus.css
+++ b/src/wp-admin/css/nav-menus.css
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ ul.add-menu-item-tabs li {
 }
 
 .theme-location-set {
-	color: #787c82;
+	color: #646970;
 	font-size: 11px;
 }
 
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ ul.add-menu-item-tabs li {
 }
 
 .menu-item-handle .menu-item-title.no-title {
-	color: #787c82;
+	color: #646970;
 }
 
 /* Sortables */
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ body.menu-max-depth-11 { min-width: 1280px !important; }
 	margin: 0 0 15px;
 	padding: 3px 5px 5px;
 	border: 1px solid #dcdcde;
-	color: #787c82;
+	color: #646970;
 	font-size: 12px;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/css/revisions.css b/src/wp-admin/css/revisions.css
index a829a461f7..c06f87d8d2 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/css/revisions.css
+++ b/src/wp-admin/css/revisions.css
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ body.folded .revisions .loading-indicator {
 }
 
 .revisions-controls .author-card .date {
-	color: #787c82;
+	color: #646970;
 }
 
 .revisions-controls .author-card.autosave {
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/css/themes.css b/src/wp-admin/css/themes.css
index 0063f37a2e..72ca1db0ee 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/css/themes.css
+++ b/src/wp-admin/css/themes.css
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ body.folded .theme-browser ~ .theme-overlay .theme-wrap {
 }
 
 .theme-overlay .theme-version {
-	color: #787c82;
+	color: #646970;
 	font-size: 13px;
 	font-weight: 400;
 	float: none;
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ body.folded .theme-browser ~ .theme-overlay .theme-wrap {
 
 .theme-overlay .theme-author {
 	margin: 15px 0 25px;
-	color: #787c82;
+	color: #646970;
 	font-size: 16px;
 	font-weight: 400;
 	line-height: inherit;
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ body.folded .theme-browser ~ .theme-overlay .theme-wrap {
 
 .theme-overlay .theme-tags {
 	border-top: 3px solid #f0f0f1;
-	color: #8c8f94;
+	color: #646970;
 	font-size: 13px;
 	font-weight: 400;
 	margin: 30px 0 0 0;
@@ -1123,7 +1123,7 @@ p.no-themes-local {
 .theme-details .num-ratings,
 .theme-details .no-rating {
 	font-size: 11px;
-	color: #787c82;
+	color: #646970;
 }
 
 .theme-details .no-rating {
@@ -1855,7 +1855,7 @@ body.full-overlay-active {
 
 .theme-details .theme-description {
 	float: left;
-	color: #787c82;
+	color: #646970;
 	line-height: 1.6;
 	max-width: 100%;
 }
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/css/widgets.css b/src/wp-admin/css/widgets.css
index a1d582e687..1703cef7cf 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/css/widgets.css
+++ b/src/wp-admin/css/widgets.css
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@
 	padding: 0 0 15px;
 	margin: 0;
 	font-style: normal;
-	color: #787c82;
+	color: #646970;
 }
 
 .widget-holder .description,
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/css/media-views.css b/src/wp-includes/css/media-views.css
index 5fa85fda7d..4c03d88d56 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/css/media-views.css
+++ b/src/wp-includes/css/media-views.css
@@ -151,16 +151,16 @@
 }
 
 .media-frame ::-webkit-input-placeholder {
-	color: #787c82;
+	color: #646970;
 }
 
 .media-frame ::-moz-placeholder {
-	color: #787c82;
+	color: #646970;
 	opacity: 1;
 }
 
 .media-frame :-ms-input-placeholder {
-	color: #787c82;
+	color: #646970;
 }
 
 /*