diff --git a/plugins/LayerView/LayerView.qml b/plugins/LayerView/LayerView.qml
index 53f44f3f03..ff8bfcb988 100755
--- a/plugins/LayerView/LayerView.qml
+++ b/plugins/LayerView/LayerView.qml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ Item
                 anchors.left: parent.left
                 text: catalog.i18nc("@label","View Mode: Layers")
                 font: UM.Theme.getFont("default_bold");
-                color: UM.Theme.getColor("text")
+                color: UM.Theme.getColor("setting_control_text")
                 Layout.fillWidth: true
                 elide: Text.ElideMiddle;
             }
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ Item
                 font: UM.Theme.getFont("default");
                 visible: !UM.LayerView.compatibilityMode
                 Layout.fillWidth: true
-                color: UM.Theme.getColor("text")
+                color: UM.Theme.getColor("setting_control_text")
             }
 
             ListModel  // matches LayerView.py
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ Item
                     {
                         text: model.name
                         elide: Text.ElideRight
-                        color: UM.Theme.getColor("text")
+                        color: UM.Theme.getColor("button_text")
                         font: UM.Theme.getFont("default")
                         anchors.verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter
                         anchors.left: extrudersModelCheckBox.left;
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ Item
                         text: label
                         font: UM.Theme.getFont("default")
                         elide: Text.ElideRight
-                        color: UM.Theme.getColor("text")
+                        color: UM.Theme.getColor("button_text")
                         anchors.verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter
                         anchors.left: legendModelCheckBox.left;
                         anchors.right: legendModelCheckBox.right;
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ Item
                     Layout.fillWidth: true
                     Layout.preferredHeight: UM.Theme.getSize("layerview_row").height + UM.Theme.getSize("default_lining").height
                     Layout.preferredWidth: UM.Theme.getSize("layerview_row").width
-                    color: UM.Theme.getColor("text")
+                    color: UM.Theme.getColor("button_text")
                     font: UM.Theme.getFont("default")
                 }
             }
diff --git a/resources/themes/cura-light/theme.json b/resources/themes/cura-light/theme.json
index c68ac91569..783d0c9edc 100644
--- a/resources/themes/cura-light/theme.json
+++ b/resources/themes/cura-light/theme.json
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
         "setting_control_highlight": [255, 255, 255, 0],
         "setting_control_border": [127, 127, 127, 255],
         "setting_control_border_highlight": [12, 169, 227, 255],
-        "setting_control_text": [24, 41, 77, 255],
+        "setting_control_text": [127, 127, 127, 255],
         "setting_control_depth_line": [127, 127, 127, 255],
         "setting_control_button": [127, 127, 127, 255],
         "setting_control_button_hover": [70, 84, 113, 255],