diff --git a/code/addons/test/src/components/ContextMenuItem.tsx b/code/addons/test/src/components/ContextMenuItem.tsx
index 52c3b98061f9..229a396b5388 100644
--- a/code/addons/test/src/components/ContextMenuItem.tsx
+++ b/code/addons/test/src/components/ContextMenuItem.tsx
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ export const ContextMenuItem: FC<{
             padding="small"
             disabled={state.crashed || isDisabled}
           >
-            <Icon fill={theme.barTextColor} />
+            <Icon fill={theme.textMutedColor} />
           </Button>
         }
       />
diff --git a/code/addons/test/src/components/Description.tsx b/code/addons/test/src/components/Description.tsx
index a94b775b5c95..dea5ec322b9f 100644
--- a/code/addons/test/src/components/Description.tsx
+++ b/code/addons/test/src/components/Description.tsx
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export const Wrapper = styled.div(({ theme }) => ({
   whiteSpace: 'nowrap',
   textOverflow: 'ellipsis',
   fontSize: theme.typography.size.s1,
-  color: theme.barTextColor,
+  color: theme.textMutedColor,
 }));
 
 const PositiveText = styled.span(({ theme }) => ({
diff --git a/code/core/src/components/components/Loader/Loader.tsx b/code/core/src/components/components/Loader/Loader.tsx
index 26d01ad3f05d..dace42a9b351 100644
--- a/code/core/src/components/components/Loader/Loader.tsx
+++ b/code/core/src/components/components/Loader/Loader.tsx
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ const ProgressBar = styled.div(({ theme }) => ({
 const ProgressMessage = styled.div(({ theme }) => ({
   minHeight: '2em',
   fontSize: `${theme.typography.size.s1}px`,
-  color: theme.barTextColor,
+  color: theme.textMutedColor,
 }));
 
 const ErrorIcon = styled(LightningOffIcon)(({ theme }) => ({
diff --git a/code/core/src/components/components/tooltip/ListItem.tsx b/code/core/src/components/components/tooltip/ListItem.tsx
index 2a93287af503..10e513cc1b6b 100644
--- a/code/core/src/components/components/tooltip/ListItem.tsx
+++ b/code/core/src/components/components/tooltip/ListItem.tsx
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ const Title = styled(({ active, loading, disabled, ...rest }: TitleProps) => <sp
   ({ disabled, theme }) =>
     disabled
       ? {
-          color: transparentize(0.7, theme.color.defaultText),
+          color: theme.textMutedColor,
         }
       : {}
 );
diff --git a/code/core/src/manager/components/sidebar/LegacyRender.tsx b/code/core/src/manager/components/sidebar/LegacyRender.tsx
index 82bc83bd1b34..f8afa4317f7f 100644
--- a/code/core/src/manager/components/sidebar/LegacyRender.tsx
+++ b/code/core/src/manager/components/sidebar/LegacyRender.tsx
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ const TitleWrapper = styled.div<{ crashed?: boolean }>(({ crashed, theme }) => (
 
 const DescriptionWrapper = styled.div(({ theme }) => ({
   fontSize: theme.typography.size.s1,
-  color: theme.barTextColor,
+  color: theme.textMutedColor,
 }));
 
 const Progress = styled(ProgressSpinner)({
diff --git a/code/core/src/manager/components/sidebar/SearchResults.tsx b/code/core/src/manager/components/sidebar/SearchResults.tsx
index 7573befe34a1..b7689b7d64d0 100644
--- a/code/core/src/manager/components/sidebar/SearchResults.tsx
+++ b/code/core/src/manager/components/sidebar/SearchResults.tsx
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ const NoResults = styled.div(({ theme }) => ({
   lineHeight: `18px`,
   color: theme.color.defaultText,
   small: {
-    color: theme.barTextColor,
+    color: theme.textMutedColor,
     fontSize: `${theme.typography.size.s1}px`,
   },
 }));