diff --git a/wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/themes/pub/wporg-patterns/css/settings/_colors.scss b/wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/themes/pub/wporg-patterns/css/settings/_colors.scss
index 4796431cf6..bc6804b88c 100644
--- a/wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/themes/pub/wporg-patterns/css/settings/_colors.scss
+++ b/wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/themes/pub/wporg-patterns/css/settings/_colors.scss
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 $color__wp-blue: #0073aa;
 $color__green: #c7e8ca;
 $color__wporg-blue: #1e8cbe;
+$color__wporg-steel-blue: #1a7eab;
 $color__wporg-purple: #826eb4;
 
 // Base grays.
diff --git a/wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/themes/pub/wporg-patterns/css/utilities/_colors.scss b/wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/themes/pub/wporg-patterns/css/utilities/_colors.scss
index d8248f8eee..89aeec9f82 100644
--- a/wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/themes/pub/wporg-patterns/css/utilities/_colors.scss
+++ b/wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/themes/pub/wporg-patterns/css/utilities/_colors.scss
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 }
 
 .has-wporg-blue-background-color {
-	background-color: $color__wporg-blue;
+	background-color: $color__wporg-steel-blue;
 }
 
 .has-wporg-purple-color {