diff --git a/core/themes/bartik/color/color.inc b/core/themes/bartik/color/color.inc
index c741f9d08baec0669e9827fbe9d01a84708e6038..8e6d32e631560ef4919a6e3942357084b3d5438b 100644
--- a/core/themes/bartik/color/color.inc
+++ b/core/themes/bartik/color/color.inc
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
     'default' => array(
       'title' => t('Blue Lagoon (default)'),
       'colors' => array(
-        'top' => '#0779bf',
-        'bottom' => '#48a9e4',
+        'top' => '#055a8e',
+        'bottom' => '#1971a7',
         'bg' => '#ffffff',
         'sidebar' => '#f6f6f2',
         'sidebarborders' => '#f9f9f9',
diff --git a/core/themes/bartik/css/colors.css b/core/themes/bartik/css/colors.css
index 324215a50079217b3c4ce6b924679bf49a215265..d509a2d1bdfd59759044ea229e031c8e44efe5bb 100644
--- a/core/themes/bartik/css/colors.css
+++ b/core/themes/bartik/css/colors.css
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ body {
   border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;
 }
 #header {
-  background-color: #48a9e4;
-  background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #0779bf 0%, #48a9e4 100%);
-  background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(top, #0779bf 0%, #48a9e4 100%);
-  background-image: -o-linear-gradient(top, #0779bf 0%, #48a9e4 100%);
-  background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0, #0779bf), color-stop(1, #48a9e4));
-  background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #0779bf 0%, #48a9e4 100%);
-  background-image: linear-gradient(top, #0779bf 0%, #48a9e4 100%);
+  background-color: #1971a7;
+  background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(to bottom, #055a8e 0%, #1971a7 100%);
+  background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(to bottom, #055a8e 0%, #1971a7 100%);
+  background-image: -o-linear-gradient(to bottom, #055a8e 0%, #1971a7 100%);
+  background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0.7, #055a8e), color-stop(1, #1971a7));
+  background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(to bottom, #055a8e 0%, #1971a7 100%);
+  background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, #055a8e 0%, #1971a7 100%);
 }
 a,
 .link {