diff --git a/source/css/_partial/highlight.styl b/source/css/_partial/highlight.styl
index 06db2f6..3bc9725 100644
--- a/source/css/_partial/highlight.styl
+++ b/source/css/_partial/highlight.styl
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 highlight-background = #2d2d2d
-highlight-code = #f6f8fa
+highlight-code = #f2f2f2
+highlight-code-color = #c7254e
 highlight-current-line = #efefef
 highlight-selection = #000
 highlight-foreground = #dedede
@@ -30,8 +31,9 @@ $line-numbers
     font-family inherit
     text-shadow none
   code
+    color highlight-code-color
     background highlight-code
-    padding .25rem
+    padding .25rem .6rem
     border-radius(.4rem)
   pre
     @extend $code-block