diff --git a/templates/html/common/zim-variables.css b/templates/html/common/zim-variables.css
index ae296b9..58882a5 100644
--- a/templates/html/common/zim-variables.css
+++ b/templates/html/common/zim-variables.css
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
         --main-pre-color: darkmagenta;                  /* Verbatim bloc color              */
         --main-tt-color: darkmagenta;                   /* Inline verbatim                  */
         --main-code-color: saddlebrown;                 /* Code color (if hljs not used)    */
-        --main-body-background-color: lightslategrey;   /* Color of the background body     */
+        --main-body-background-color: #779988;   /* Color of the background body     */
         --main-menu-background-color: #fafafa;          /* Backroung color of side menu     */
         /* Underline really underlined */
         --main-menu-u-decoration: underline;