diff --git a/mercurial/templates/static/style-gitweb.css b/mercurial/templates/static/style-gitweb.css
index 29aafc9fd5..f8579c02fe 100644
--- a/mercurial/templates/static/style-gitweb.css
+++ b/mercurial/templates/static/style-gitweb.css
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-body { font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12px; border:solid #d9d8d1; border-width:1px; margin:10px; }
+body { font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12px; border:solid #d9d8d1; border-width:1px; margin:10px; background: white; color: black; }
 a { color:#0000cc; }
 a:hover, a:visited, a:active { color:#880000; }
 div.page_header { height:25px; padding:8px; font-size:18px; font-weight:bold; background-color:#d9d8d1; }
diff --git a/mercurial/templates/static/style-paper.css b/mercurial/templates/static/style-paper.css
index 3659228f45..61f05a1cd7 100644
--- a/mercurial/templates/static/style-paper.css
+++ b/mercurial/templates/static/style-paper.css
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ body {
   margin: 0;
   padding: 0;
   background: white;
+  color: black;
   font-family: sans-serif;
 }
 
diff --git a/mercurial/templates/static/style.css b/mercurial/templates/static/style.css
index dd0ed28e59..51f760d2fc 100644
--- a/mercurial/templates/static/style.css
+++ b/mercurial/templates/static/style.css
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ a { text-decoration:none; }
 .age { white-space:nowrap; }
 .date { white-space:nowrap; }
 .indexlinks { white-space:nowrap; }
-.parity0 { background-color: #ddd; }
-.parity1 { background-color: #eee; }
+.parity0 { background-color: #ddd; color: #000; }
+.parity1 { background-color: #eee; color: #000; }
 .lineno { width: 60px; color: #aaa; font-size: smaller;
           text-align: right; }
 .plusline { color: green; }
diff --git a/tests/test-hgweb-commands.t b/tests/test-hgweb-commands.t
index 71753c08c1..a7b1757ea0 100644
--- a/tests/test-hgweb-commands.t
+++ b/tests/test-hgweb-commands.t
@@ -1944,8 +1944,8 @@ Static files
   .age { white-space:nowrap; }
   .date { white-space:nowrap; }
   .indexlinks { white-space:nowrap; }
-  .parity0 { background-color: #ddd; }
-  .parity1 { background-color: #eee; }
+  .parity0 { background-color: #ddd; color: #000; }
+  .parity1 { background-color: #eee; color: #000; }
   .lineno { width: 60px; color: #aaa; font-size: smaller;
             text-align: right; }
   .plusline { color: green; }
diff --git a/tests/test-hgweb.t b/tests/test-hgweb.t
index ce3421fc99..3839baf940 100644
--- a/tests/test-hgweb.t
+++ b/tests/test-hgweb.t
@@ -340,10 +340,10 @@ static file
 
   $ get-with-headers.py --twice localhost:$HGPORT 'static/style-gitweb.css' - date etag server
   200 Script output follows
-  content-length: 6379
+  content-length: 6412
   content-type: text/css
   
-  body { font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12px; border:solid #d9d8d1; border-width:1px; margin:10px; }
+  body { font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12px; border:solid #d9d8d1; border-width:1px; margin:10px; background: white; color: black; }
   a { color:#0000cc; }
   a:hover, a:visited, a:active { color:#880000; }
   div.page_header { height:25px; padding:8px; font-size:18px; font-weight:bold; background-color:#d9d8d1; }