diff --git a/app/components/at_mention/__snapshots__/at_mention.test.js.snap b/app/components/at_mention/__snapshots__/at_mention.test.js.snap
index 934ece814..968931922 100644
--- a/app/components/at_mention/__snapshots__/at_mention.test.js.snap
+++ b/app/components/at_mention/__snapshots__/at_mention.test.js.snap
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ exports[`AtMention should match snapshot, with highlight 1`] = `
         },
         Object {
           "backgroundColor": "#ffe577",
-          "color": "#145dbf",
+          "color": "#166de0",
         },
       ]
     }
diff --git a/app/components/at_mention/at_mention.js b/app/components/at_mention/at_mention.js
index aa4be87ec..1481b8c46 100644
--- a/app/components/at_mention/at_mention.js
+++ b/app/components/at_mention/at_mention.js
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ export default class AtMention extends React.PureComponent {
         }
 
         if (highlighted) {
-            mentionTextStyle.push({backgroundColor, color: theme.mentionColor});
+            mentionTextStyle.push({backgroundColor, color: theme.mentionHighlightLink});
         }
 
         return (