diff --git a/public/css/icinga/badges.less b/public/css/icinga/badges.less
index 46a99969b..d3b8d37f9 100644
--- a/public/css/icinga/badges.less
+++ b/public/css/icinga/badges.less
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 /*! Icinga Web 2 | (c) 2013-2015 Icinga Development Team | GPLv2+ */
 
+@badge-color: @body-bg-color;
 @badge-line-height: 1.2;
 @badge-padding: 0.25em;
 
 .badge {
   .rounded-corners();
   background-color: @gray-light;
-  color: @text-color-inverted;
+  color: @badge-color;
   display: inline-block;
   font-family: @font-family-wide;
   font-size: @font-size-small;