diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/components/accounts.scss b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/components/accounts.scss
index f8eaf3313f..e68c6cac04 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/components/accounts.scss
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/components/accounts.scss
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@
 
 .notification__filter-bar,
 .account__section-headline {
-  background: $ui-base-color;
+  background: darken($ui-base-color, 4%);
   border-bottom: 1px solid lighten($ui-base-color, 8%);
   cursor: default;
   display: flex;