diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/polls.scss b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/polls.scss
index 0847c8f4c..43924829d 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/polls.scss
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/polls.scss
@@ -289,10 +289,10 @@
   color: $dark-text-color;
 
   &__chart {
-    background: rgba(darken($ui-primary-color, 14%), 0.2);
+    background: rgba(darken($ui-primary-color, 14%), 0.7);
 
     &.leading {
-      background: rgba($ui-highlight-color, 0.2);
+      background: rgba($ui-highlight-color, 0.5);
     }
   }
 }