diff --git a/src/js/ace/theme-jsoneditor.js b/src/js/ace/theme-jsoneditor.js
index db8e6620a..c360704a8 100644
--- a/src/js/ace/theme-jsoneditor.js
+++ b/src/js/ace/theme-jsoneditor.js
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ color: #96DC5F
 color: darkorange
 }
 .ace-jsoneditor .ace_constant.ace_numeric {
-color: red
+color: #6897BB
 }
 .ace-jsoneditor .ace_constant.ace_character.ace_entity {
 color: #BF78CC
diff --git a/src/scss/jsoneditor/_contextmenu.scss b/src/scss/jsoneditor/_contextmenu.scss
index 9bfbf8f2b..fa57d73a3 100644
--- a/src/scss/jsoneditor/_contextmenu.scss
+++ b/src/scss/jsoneditor/_contextmenu.scss
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@
     background: $jse-preview;
     height: 200px;
     &.jsoneditor-error {
-      color: $jse-number;
+      color: $jse-error;
     }
   }
   .jsoneditor-jmespath-wizard {
diff --git a/src/scss/jsoneditor/_variables.scss b/src/scss/jsoneditor/_variables.scss
index 357ea9a6f..8b25bab37 100644
--- a/src/scss/jsoneditor/_variables.scss
+++ b/src/scss/jsoneditor/_variables.scss
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ $jse-blue: #3883fa !default;
 $jse-content-color: #1a1a1a !default;
 
 $jse-string: #006000 !default;
-$jse-number: #ee422e !default;
+$jse-number: #6897bb !default;
 $jse-boolean: #ff8c00 !default;
 $jse-null: #004ed0 !default;
 $jse-invalid: #000000 !default;
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ $jse-preview: #f5f5f5 !default;
 $jse-busy: #ffffab !default;
 $jse-busy-border-color: #ffee00 !default;
 
-$jse-error: #ee2e2e70 !default;
+$jse-error: #ee2e2e !default;
 $jse-separator: #e5e5e5 !default;
 $jse-highlight-bg: #ffee00 !default;
 $jse-highlight-border-color: #ffc700 !default;