diff --git a/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Online/TestSceneVotePill.cs b/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Online/TestSceneVotePill.cs
index 8197cf72de..770cef8f1b 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Online/TestSceneVotePill.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Online/TestSceneVotePill.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ using NUnit.Framework;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Game.Overlays.Comments;
 using osu.Game.Online.API.Requests.Responses;
+using osu.Framework.Allocation;
+using osu.Game.Overlays;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual.Online
 {
@@ -18,6 +20,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual.Online
             typeof(VotePill)
         };
 
+        [Cached]
+        private readonly OverlayColourProvider colourProvider = new OverlayColourProvider(OverlayColourScheme.Blue);
+
         private VotePill votePill;
 
         [Test]
diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/Comments/VotePill.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/Comments/VotePill.cs
index 978846549e..aa9723ea85 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/Comments/VotePill.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/Comments/VotePill.cs
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Comments
         [Resolved]
         private IAPIProvider api { get; set; }
 
+        [Resolved]
+        private OverlayColourProvider colourProvider { get; set; }
+
         private readonly Comment comment;
         private Box background;
         private Box hoverLayer;
@@ -68,7 +71,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Comments
             base.LoadComplete();
             isVoted.Value = comment.IsVoted;
             votesCount.Value = comment.VotesCount;
-            isVoted.BindValueChanged(voted => background.Colour = voted.NewValue ? AccentColour : OsuColour.Gray(0.05f), true);
+            isVoted.BindValueChanged(voted => background.Colour = voted.NewValue ? AccentColour : colourProvider.Background6, true);
             votesCount.BindValueChanged(count => votesCounter.Text = $"+{count.NewValue}", true);
         }