diff --git wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/themes/pub/wporg/css/base/_elements.scss wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/themes/pub/wporg/css/base/_elements.scss
index 63733c161..3e7d4cb20 100644
--- wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/themes/pub/wporg/css/base/_elements.scss
+++ wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/themes/pub/wporg/css/base/_elements.scss
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ blockquote, q {
}
blockquote {
- border-left: 2px solid #eee;
- color: #82878c;
+ border-left: 2px solid $color__blockquote;
+ color: $color__blockquote;
font-style: italic;
margin: 1rem 0;
- padding-left: 1rem;
+ padding-left: 0.8rem;
cite {
font-size: ms( -2 );
diff --git wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/themes/pub/wporg/css/settings/_colors.scss wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/themes/pub/wporg/css/settings/_colors.scss
index eed256fa7..394c428a3 100644
--- wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/themes/pub/wporg/css/settings/_colors.scss
+++ wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/themes/pub/wporg/css/settings/_colors.scss
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ $color__link: #0073aa;
$color__link-visited: #4ca6cf;
$color__link-hover: #d54e21;
$color__text-main: #32373c;
+$color__blockquote: #767676;
$color__border: #eee;
$color__border-button: #ccc #ccc #bbb;