diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Skinning/Argon/ArgonHoldNoteTailPiece.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Skinning/Argon/ArgonHoldNoteTailPiece.cs
index c07322262f..b7f4e30dcc 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Skinning/Argon/ArgonHoldNoteTailPiece.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Skinning/Argon/ArgonHoldNoteTailPiece.cs
@@ -2,84 +2,80 @@
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
+using osuTK.Graphics;
 using osu.Framework.Bindables;
-using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Shapes;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects.Drawables;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.UI.Scrolling;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics;
+using osu.Framework.Extensions.Color4Extensions;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Skinning.Argon
 {
     internal partial class ArgonHoldNoteTailPiece : CompositeDrawable
     {
         private readonly IBindable<ScrollingDirection> direction = new Bindable<ScrollingDirection>();
+        private readonly IBindable<Color4> accentColour = new Bindable<Color4>();
 
-        private readonly Container container;
+        private readonly Box shadeBackground;
+        private readonly Box shadeForeground;
 
         public ArgonHoldNoteTailPiece()
         {
-            // holds end at the middle of the tail,
-            // so we do * 2 pull up the hold body to be the height of a note
-            Height = ArgonNotePiece.NOTE_HEIGHT * 2;
             RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.X;
+            Height = ArgonNotePiece.NOTE_HEIGHT;
 
             CornerRadius = ArgonNotePiece.CORNER_RADIUS;
             Masking = true;
 
             InternalChildren = new Drawable[]
             {
-                container = new Container
+                shadeBackground = new Box
                 {
+                    RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
+                },
+                new Container
+                {
+                    RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
+                    Height = ArgonNotePiece.NOTE_ACCENT_RATIO,
                     Anchor = Anchor.BottomCentre,
                     Origin = Anchor.BottomCentre,
-
-                    RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
-                    Height = 0.5f,
-
                     CornerRadius = ArgonNotePiece.CORNER_RADIUS,
                     Masking = true,
-
                     Children = new Drawable[]
                     {
-                        new Box
+                        shadeForeground = new Box
                         {
                             RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
-                            Colour = Colour4.Black,
-                            Alpha = 0.4f,
-                        },
-                        new Container
-                        {
-                            CornerRadius = ArgonNotePiece.CORNER_RADIUS,
-                            Masking = true,
-                            RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
-                            Height = 1 - ArgonNotePiece.NOTE_ACCENT_RATIO,
-                            Anchor = Anchor.TopCentre,
-                            Origin = Anchor.TopCentre,
-                            Children = new Drawable[]
-                            {
-                                new Box
-                                {
-                                    RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
-                                    Colour = Colour4.Black,
-                                    Alpha = 0.3f,
-                                }
-                            }
                         },
                     },
-                }
+                },
             };
         }
 
         [BackgroundDependencyLoader(true)]
-        private void load(IScrollingInfo scrollingInfo)
+        private void load(IScrollingInfo scrollingInfo, DrawableHitObject? drawableObject)
         {
             direction.BindTo(scrollingInfo.Direction);
             direction.BindValueChanged(onDirectionChanged, true);
+
+            if (drawableObject != null)
+            {
+                accentColour.BindTo(drawableObject.AccentColour);
+                accentColour.BindValueChanged(onAccentChanged, true);
+            }
         }
 
         private void onDirectionChanged(ValueChangedEvent<ScrollingDirection> direction)
         {
             Scale = new osuTK.Vector2(1, direction.NewValue == ScrollingDirection.Up ? -1 : 1);
         }
+
+        private void onAccentChanged(ValueChangedEvent<Color4> accent)
+        {
+            shadeBackground.Colour = accent.NewValue.Darken(1.7f);
+            shadeForeground.Colour = accent.NewValue.Darken(1.1f);
+        }
     }
 }