diff --git a/theme/monokai.css b/theme/monokai.css
index 6dfcc73ce424507424b5b1f153993b7e665e8eb6..d70bb86f2937c39249bd2a2fffe32054ab2ccd2f 100644
--- a/theme/monokai.css
+++ b/theme/monokai.css
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 .cm-s-monokai span.cm-keyword {color: #f92672;}
 .cm-s-monokai span.cm-string {color: #e6db74;}
 
-.cm-s-monokai span.cm-variable {color: #a6e22e;}
+.cm-s-monokai span.cm-variable {color: #f8f8f2;}
 .cm-s-monokai span.cm-variable-2 {color: #9effff;}
 .cm-s-monokai span.cm-def {color: #fd971f;}
 .cm-s-monokai span.cm-bracket {color: #f8f8f2;}
diff --git a/theme/solarized.css b/theme/solarized.css
index 4a10b7c05924734cbc66df6b31797615615efdb4..9db395157990e6d49a8e1d961fc35517bfc1a73d 100644
--- a/theme/solarized.css
+++ b/theme/solarized.css
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ http://ethanschoonover.com/solarized/img/solarized-palette.png
 .cm-s-solarized .cm-number { color: #d33682; }
 .cm-s-solarized .cm-def { color: #2aa198; }
 
-.cm-s-solarized .cm-variable { color: #268bd2; }
+.cm-s-solarized .cm-variable { color: #839496; }
 .cm-s-solarized .cm-variable-2 { color: #b58900; }
 .cm-s-solarized .cm-variable-3 { color: #6c71c4; }