diff --git a/mod/assign/styles.css b/mod/assign/styles.css
index 4a9c34ef3cc..aa839121db2 100644
--- a/mod/assign/styles.css
+++ b/mod/assign/styles.css
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@
 
 .path-mod-assign [data-region="grade-panel"] td.submissionnotgraded,
 .path-mod-assign [data-region="grade-panel"] div.submissionnotgraded {
-    color: red;
+    color: #ca3120;
     background-color: transparent;
 }