diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/contextual_sidebar_refactoring/contextual_sidebar_variant.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/contextual_sidebar_refactoring/contextual_sidebar_variant.scss
index 9247cccdf41d5b7b4c61a8053036189c1b1e3d7f..58438df829560df8077fe69a79d5f83f4ccdf71e 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/contextual_sidebar_refactoring/contextual_sidebar_variant.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/contextual_sidebar_refactoring/contextual_sidebar_variant.scss
@@ -285,8 +285,10 @@
       .sidebar-sub-level-items:not(.is-fly-out-only) {
         display: block;
       }
+
       .badge.badge-pill {
-        @include gl-font-weight-normal;
+        @include gl-font-weight-normal; // TODO: update in `theme_indigo.scss`
+        color: $blue-700; // TODO: update in `theme_indigo.scss`
       }
     }
   }