diff --git a/web_src/css/base.css b/web_src/css/base.css
index 05ab0255e8..a2cf4ba580 100644
--- a/web_src/css/base.css
+++ b/web_src/css/base.css
@@ -1222,6 +1222,10 @@ overflow-menu .ui.label {
   color: var(--color-label-text);
 }
 
+.ui.menu .active.item > .label {
+  background: var(--color-label-bg-alt, var(--color-label-bg));
+}
+
 .lines-blame-btn {
   padding: 0 0 0 5px;
   display: flex;
diff --git a/web_src/css/themes/theme-forgejo-dark.css b/web_src/css/themes/theme-forgejo-dark.css
index 0533344a8c..5702687758 100644
--- a/web_src/css/themes/theme-forgejo-dark.css
+++ b/web_src/css/themes/theme-forgejo-dark.css
@@ -226,9 +226,10 @@
   --color-nav-bg: var(--steel-900);
   --color-nav-hover-bg: var(--steel-600);
   --color-label-text: #fff;
-  --color-label-bg: #cacaca5b;
-  --color-label-hover-bg: #cacacaa0;
-  --color-label-active-bg: #cacacaff;
+  --color-label-bg: var(--steel-600);
+  --color-label-hover-bg: var(--steel-550);
+  --color-label-active-bg: var(--steel-500);
+  --color-label-bg-alt: var(--steel-550);
   --color-accent: var(--color-primary-light-1);
   --color-small-accent: var(--color-primary-light-5);
   --color-active-line: var(--color-primary-alpha-20);
diff --git a/web_src/css/themes/theme-forgejo-light.css b/web_src/css/themes/theme-forgejo-light.css
index e26ba2552c..c5c446d6d3 100644
--- a/web_src/css/themes/theme-forgejo-light.css
+++ b/web_src/css/themes/theme-forgejo-light.css
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@
   --color-label-bg: #cacaca5b;
   --color-label-hover-bg: #cacacaa0;
   --color-label-active-bg: #cacacaff;
+  --color-label-bg-alt: #cacacaff;
   --color-accent: var(--color-primary-light-1);
   --color-small-accent: var(--color-primary-light-5);
   --color-active-line: var(--color-primary-light-6);