diff --git a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/css/style.min.css b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/css/style.min.css
index 3b7f569..f3a15a6 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/css/style.min.css
+++ b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/css/style.min.css
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ div.ui-widget-content{border:1px solid #e0e0e0;outline:none;}
div.cell{width:100%;padding:5px 5px 5px 0px;margin:2px 0px 2px 0px;}
div.prompt{width:11ex;padding:0.4em;margin:0px;font-family:monospace;text-align:right;}
div.input{page-break-inside:avoid;}
-div.input_area{color:black;border:1px solid #e0e0e0;border-radius:3px;background:#f7f7f7;}
+div.input_area{border:1px solid #e0e0e0;border-radius:3px;background:#f7f7f7;}
div.input_prompt{color:navy;border-top:1px solid transparent;}
div.output_wrapper{margin-top:5px;margin-left:5px;width:100%;position:relative;}
div.output_scroll{height:24em;width:100%;overflow:auto;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:inset 0 2px 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8);}
@@ -51,16 +51,16 @@ div.out_prompt_overlay:hover{box-shadow:inset 0 0 1px #000;background:rgba(240,
div.output_prompt{color:darkred;margin:0 5px 0 -5px;}
div.output_area{padding:0px;page-break-inside:avoid;}
div.output_subarea{padding:0.44em 0.4em 0.4em 1px;}
-div.output_text{text-align:left;color:black;font-family:monospace;}
+div.output_text{text-align:left;color:#000000;font-family:monospace;}
div.output_stream{padding-top:0.0em;padding-bottom:0.0em;}
div.output_stderr{background:#fdd;}
-div.output_latex{text-align:left;color:black;}
+div.output_latex{text-align:left;}
div.text_cell{padding:5px 5px 5px 5px;}
-div.text_cell_input{color:black;border:1px solid #e0e0e0;border-radius:3px;background:#f7f7f7;}
-div.text_cell_render{outline:none;resize:none;width:inherit;border-style:none;padding:5px;color:black;}
+div.text_cell_input{color:#000000;border:1px solid #e0e0e0;border-radius:3px;background:#f7f7f7;}
+div.text_cell_render{outline:none;resize:none;width:inherit;border-style:none;padding:5px;color:#000000;}
.CodeMirror{line-height:1.231;}
.CodeMirror-scroll{height:auto;overflow-y:hidden;overflow-x:auto;}
-.ansiblack{color:black;}
+.ansiblack{color:#000000;}
.ansired{color:darkred;}
.ansigreen{color:darkgreen;}
.ansiyellow{color:brown;}
diff --git a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/less/notebook.less b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/less/notebook.less
index b184c42..9f6a6d2 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/less/notebook.less
+++ b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/less/notebook.less
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ div.input {
/* input_area and input_prompt must match in top border and margin for alignment */
div.input_area {
- color: black;
+ /*color: @fontBaseColor;*/
border: 1px solid @border_color;
.corner-all;
background: @cell_background;
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ div.output_subarea {
/* all text output has this class: */
div.output_text {
text-align: left;
- color: black;
+ color: @fontBaseColor;
font-family: monospace;
/* This has to match that of the the CodeMirror class line-height below */
line-height: 1.231;
@@ -308,7 +308,6 @@ div.output_stderr {
div.output_latex {
text-align: left;
- color: black;
}
div.output_html {
@@ -325,7 +324,7 @@ div.text_cell {
}
div.text_cell_input {
- color: black;
+ color: @fontBaseColor;
border: 1px solid @border_color;
.corner-all;
background: @cell_background;
@@ -338,7 +337,7 @@ div.text_cell_render {
width: inherit;
border-style: none;
padding: 5px;
- color: black;
+ color: @fontBaseColor;
}
/* The following gets added to the <head> if it is detected that the user has a
@@ -367,7 +366,7 @@ div.text_cell_render {
/* CSS font colors for translated ANSI colors. */
-.ansiblack {color: black;}
+.ansiblack {color: @fontBaseColor;}
.ansired {color: darkred;}
.ansigreen {color: darkgreen;}
.ansiyellow {color: brown;}
diff --git a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/less/variables.less b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/less/variables.less
index e0dbb0f..f9dc6e1 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/less/variables.less
+++ b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/less/variables.less
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
@cell_background: darken(@notebook_background, 3.2%);
@border_color: darken(@cell_selected_background, 10%);
@borderwidth : 1px;
+@fontBaseColor : black;