diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/scm/browser/scmHistory.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/scm/browser/scmHistory.ts
index 71faef70db012..3d18b30716ae0 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/scm/browser/scmHistory.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/scm/browser/scmHistory.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@
 
 import { localize } from '../../../../nls.js';
 import { deepClone } from '../../../../base/common/objects.js';
-import { badgeBackground, buttonForeground, chartsBlue, chartsPurple, foreground } from '../../../../platform/theme/common/colorRegistry.js';
+import { badgeBackground, chartsBlue, chartsPurple, foreground } from '../../../../platform/theme/common/colorRegistry.js';
 import { asCssVariable, ColorIdentifier, registerColor } from '../../../../platform/theme/common/colorUtils.js';
 import { ISCMHistoryItem, ISCMHistoryItemGraphNode, ISCMHistoryItemRef, ISCMHistoryItemViewModel } from '../common/history.js';
 import { rot } from '../../../../base/common/numbers.js';
 import { svgElem } from '../../../../base/browser/dom.js';
+import { PANEL_BACKGROUND } from '../../../common/theme.js';
 
 export const SWIMLANE_HEIGHT = 22;
 export const SWIMLANE_WIDTH = 11;
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ export const historyItemBaseRefColor = registerColor('scmGraph.historyItemBaseRe
  */
 export const historyItemHoverDefaultLabelForeground = registerColor('scmGraph.historyItemHoverDefaultLabelForeground', foreground, localize('scmGraphHistoryItemHoverDefaultLabelForeground', "History item hover default label foreground color."));
 export const historyItemHoverDefaultLabelBackground = registerColor('scmGraph.historyItemHoverDefaultLabelBackground', badgeBackground, localize('scmGraphHistoryItemHoverDefaultLabelBackground', "History item hover default label background color."));
-export const historyItemHoverLabelForeground = registerColor('scmGraph.historyItemHoverLabelForeground', buttonForeground, localize('scmGraphHistoryItemHoverLabelForeground', "History item hover label foreground color."));
+export const historyItemHoverLabelForeground = registerColor('scmGraph.historyItemHoverLabelForeground', PANEL_BACKGROUND, localize('scmGraphHistoryItemHoverLabelForeground', "History item hover label foreground color."));
 export const historyItemHoverAdditionsForeground = registerColor('scmGraph.historyItemHoverAdditionsForeground', { light: '#587C0C', dark: '#81B88B', hcDark: '#A1E3AD', hcLight: '#374E06' }, localize('scmGraph.HistoryItemHoverAdditionsForeground', "History item hover additions foreground color."));
 export const historyItemHoverDeletionsForeground = registerColor('scmGraph.historyItemHoverDeletionsForeground', { light: '#AD0707', dark: '#C74E39', hcDark: '#C74E39', hcLight: '#AD0707' }, localize('scmGraph.HistoryItemHoverDeletionsForeground', "History item hover deletions foreground color."));