diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/events.css b/app/assets/stylesheets/events.css
index 3c4ab93ae..5b7a66d9a 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/events.css
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/events.css
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   }
 
   .events__day-header {
-    background-color: var(--color-ink-lighter);
+    background-color: var(--color-ink);
     border-radius: 0.2em;
     display: block;
     inline-size: fit-content;
diff --git a/app/views/events/_day.html.erb b/app/views/events/_day.html.erb
index b4d7c520f..189f02141 100644
--- a/app/views/events/_day.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/events/_day.html.erb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   data-related-element-highlight-class="event--related">
   <% if day_timeline.has_activity? %>
     <h2 class="events__day-header">
-      <%= local_datetime_tag day_timeline.day, style: :agoorweekday, class: "txt-ink" %>
+      <%= local_datetime_tag day_timeline.day, style: :agoorweekday, class: "txt-reversed" %>
     </h2>
 
     <div class="events__columns">