diff --git a/src/components/rich_content/rich_content.scss b/src/components/rich_content/rich_content.scss
index baccbfa3..899c9fc8 100644
--- a/src/components/rich_content/rich_content.scss
+++ b/src/components/rich_content/rich_content.scss
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
+@import './../../_variables.scss';
+
 .RichContent {
   blockquote {
     margin: 0.2em 0 0.2em 0.2em;
     padding: 0 0 0 1em;
     border-width: 0 0 0 0.3em;
     border-style: solid;
+    color: $fallback--faint;
+    color: var(--faint, $fallback--faint);
   }
 
   pre {