diff --git a/src/govuk/settings/_colours-palette.scss b/src/govuk/settings/_colours-palette.scss
index eb78906987..4737613e39 100644
--- a/src/govuk/settings/_colours-palette.scss
+++ b/src/govuk/settings/_colours-palette.scss
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ $_govuk-colour-palette-modern: (
   "purple": #4c2c92,
 
   "black": #0b0c0c,
-  "dark-grey": #6f777b,
+  "dark-grey": #626a6e,
   "mid-grey": #b1b4b6,
   "light-grey": #f3f2f1,
   "white": #ffffff,