diff --git a/extensions/theme-carbon/themes/light_carbon.json b/extensions/theme-carbon/themes/light_carbon.json
index 898a6e3c8b..ea15f83139 100644
--- a/extensions/theme-carbon/themes/light_carbon.json
+++ b/extensions/theme-carbon/themes/light_carbon.json
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 		"panel.background": "#FFFFFE",
 		"panel.border": "#C8C8C8",
 		"panelTitle.activeForeground": "#212121",
-		"panelTitle.inactiveForeground": "#888888"
+		"panelTitle.inactiveForeground": "#757575"
 	},
 	"tokenColors": [
 		{
diff --git a/src/sql/base/browser/ui/panel/media/panel.css b/src/sql/base/browser/ui/panel/media/panel.css
index c51c48f1f4..f69b14815e 100644
--- a/src/sql/base/browser/ui/panel/media/panel.css
+++ b/src/sql/base/browser/ui/panel/media/panel.css
@@ -65,15 +65,6 @@ panel {
 	line-height: 45px;
 }
 
-.tabbedPanel .tabList .tab:hover .tabLabel,
-.tabbedPanel .tabList .tab .tabLabel.active {
-	opacity: 1;
-}
-
-.tabbedPanel .tabList .tab .tabLabel {
-	opacity: 0.8;
-}
-
 .tabbedPanel .tabList .tab .tabLabel.icon {
 	background-repeat: no-repeat;
 	background-position: center center;
diff --git a/src/sql/base/browser/ui/panel/panelStyles.ts b/src/sql/base/browser/ui/panel/panelStyles.ts
index 5e64c428c0..532ec0f998 100644
--- a/src/sql/base/browser/ui/panel/panelStyles.ts
+++ b/src/sql/base/browser/ui/panel/panelStyles.ts
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
 import 'vs/css!./media/panel';
 
 import { registerThemingParticipant, ITheme, ICssStyleCollector } from 'vs/platform/theme/common/themeService';
-import { TAB_ACTIVE_FOREGROUND, TAB_INACTIVE_FOREGROUND, PANEL_ACTIVE_TITLE_BORDER } from 'vs/workbench/common/theme';
+import { PANEL_ACTIVE_TITLE_FOREGROUND, PANEL_INACTIVE_TITLE_FOREGROUND, PANEL_ACTIVE_TITLE_BORDER } from 'vs/workbench/common/theme';
 import { activeContrastBorder, focusBorder } from 'vs/platform/theme/common/colorRegistry';
 
 registerThemingParticipant((theme: ITheme, collector: ICssStyleCollector) => {
 
 	// Title Active
-	const titleActive = theme.getColor(TAB_ACTIVE_FOREGROUND);
+	const titleActive = theme.getColor(PANEL_ACTIVE_TITLE_FOREGROUND);
 	const titleActiveBorder = theme.getColor(PANEL_ACTIVE_TITLE_BORDER);
 	if (titleActive || titleActiveBorder) {
 		collector.addRule(`
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ registerThemingParticipant((theme: ITheme, collector: ICssStyleCollector) => {
 	}
 
 	// Title Inactive
-	const titleInactive = theme.getColor(TAB_INACTIVE_FOREGROUND);
+	const titleInactive = theme.getColor(PANEL_INACTIVE_TITLE_FOREGROUND);
 	if (titleInactive) {
 		collector.addRule(`
 			.tabbedPanel > .title > .tabList .tab .tabLabel {
diff --git a/src/sql/parts/taskHistory/viewlet/media/taskHistoryViewlet.css b/src/sql/parts/taskHistory/viewlet/media/taskHistoryViewlet.css
index 3f297c873b..5c9c45f168 100644
--- a/src/sql/parts/taskHistory/viewlet/media/taskHistoryViewlet.css
+++ b/src/sql/parts/taskHistory/viewlet/media/taskHistoryViewlet.css
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 
 .empty-task-message {
 	padding: 10px 22px 0 22px;
-	opacity: 0.8;
 }
 
 .monaco-tree .monaco-tree-rows > .monaco-tree-row > .content > .task-group {