diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/poster_expansion.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/poster_expansion.scss
index 5b616c5bac4..a32834eb9d4 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/poster_expansion.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/poster_expansion.scss
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
   }
 
   .new-user a {
-    color: $primary;
+    color: scale-color($primary, $lightness: 70%);
   }
 
   &.show-badges {
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/topic-post.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/topic-post.scss
index b378359acdc..006da6caf55 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/topic-post.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/topic-post.scss
@@ -1046,4 +1046,8 @@ a.attachment:before {
 
 span.highlighted {
   background-color: scale-color($highlight, $lightness: 70%);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+.username.new-user a {
+  color: scale-color($primary, $lightness: 70%);
+}
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/embed.css.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/embed.css.scss
index 9545ffe8fca..ff37851b350 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/embed.css.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/embed.css.scss
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ article.post {
     }
 
     a.new-user {
-      color: lighten($primary, 35%);
+      color: scale-color($primary, $lightness: 70%);
     }
 
     span.title {
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/topic-post.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/topic-post.scss
index 12f6fdff222..73f6ab8bfb7 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/topic-post.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/topic-post.scss
@@ -476,9 +476,8 @@ background-color: scale-color($danger, $lightness: 75%);
   margin: -4px 0 0 -4px;
 }
 
-.username a { color: scale-color($primary, $lightness: 30%); }
-.new-user a {
-  color: scale-color($primary, $lightness: 60%);
+.username.new-user a {
+  color: scale-color($primary, $lightness: 70%);
 }
 
 .topic-meta-data {