diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/backoffice/settings/logviewer/workspace/logviewer-root/components/log-viewer-level-tag.element.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/backoffice/settings/logviewer/workspace/logviewer-root/components/log-viewer-level-tag.element.ts
index 4bf03dbf85..1807638292 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/backoffice/settings/logviewer/workspace/logviewer-root/components/log-viewer-level-tag.element.ts
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/backoffice/settings/logviewer/workspace/logviewer-root/components/log-viewer-level-tag.element.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,10 @@ export class UmbLogViewerLevelTagElement extends LitElement {
 		Information: { look: 'primary', color: 'positive' },
 		Warning: { look: 'primary', color: 'warning' },
 		Error: { look: 'primary', color: 'danger' },
-		Fatal: { look: 'primary' },
+		Fatal: {
+			look: 'primary',
+			style: 'background-color: var(--umb-log-viewer-fatal-color); color: var(--uui-color-surface)',
+		},
 	};
 
 	render() {
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/backoffice/settings/logviewer/workspace/logviewer-root/logviewer-root-workspace.element.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/backoffice/settings/logviewer/workspace/logviewer-root/logviewer-root-workspace.element.ts
index 5e3e245ad0..f5423593a8 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/backoffice/settings/logviewer/workspace/logviewer-root/logviewer-root-workspace.element.ts
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/backoffice/settings/logviewer/workspace/logviewer-root/logviewer-root-workspace.element.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export class UmbLogViewerWorkspaceElement extends UmbLitElement {
 				--umb-log-viewer-information-color: var(--uui-color-positive);
 				--umb-log-viewer-warning-color: var(--uui-color-warning);
 				--umb-log-viewer-error-color: var(--uui-color-danger);
-				--umb-log-viewer-fatal-color: var(--uui-color-default);
+				--umb-log-viewer-fatal-color: var(--uui-palette-black);
 				--umb-log-viewer-verbose-color: var(--uui-color-current);
 			}