diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/themes/dark-livetrax.colors b/gtk2_ardour/themes/dark-livetrax.colors
index 46cb9e88a9..402bf75a2f 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/themes/dark-livetrax.colors
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/themes/dark-livetrax.colors
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <Ardour theme-name="dark">
   <Colors>
-    <Color name="alert:blue" value="2E41E6ff"/>
+    <Color name="alert:blue" value="5577D7ff"/>
     <Color name="alert:cyan" value="20b2b2ff"/>
     <Color name="alert:green" value="42A64Dff"/>
     <Color name="alert:orange" value="df7b15ff"/>
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
     <Color name="neutral:foreground" value="e5e5e5ff"/>  <!--gtk_foreground-->
     <Color name="neutral:foregroundest" value="ffffffff"/>  <!--grid line major-->
     <Color name="widget:bg" value="4a4a4cff"/>  <!--generic button; slightly different than bg color-->
-    <Color name="widget:blue" value="26629Cff"/>
-    <Color name="widget:blue darker" value="20242aff"/>
+    <Color name="widget:blue" value="5577D7ff"/>
+    <Color name="widget:blue darker" value="30457aff"/>
     <Color name="widget:brown" value="211d18ff"/>
     <Color name="widget:brown2" value="383125ff"/>
     <Color name="widget:cream darker" value="AD7C2Fff"/>
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@
     <ColorAlias name="arrange base" alias="theme:bg"/>
     <ColorAlias name="arrangement marker bar" alias="neutral:background2"/>
     <ColorAlias name="arrangement rect" alias="widget:blue"/>
-    <ColorAlias name="arrangement rect alt" alias="theme:contrast2"/>
+    <ColorAlias name="arrangement rect alt" alias="widget:blue darker"/>
     <ColorAlias name="audio automation track fill" alias="theme:bg"/>
-    <ColorAlias name="audio bus base" alias="widget:blue darker"/>
+    <ColorAlias name="audio bus base" alias="widget:theme:bg"/>
     <ColorAlias name="audio master bus base" alias="neutral:backgroundest"/>
     <ColorAlias name="audio track base" alias="neutral:background"/>
     <ColorAlias name="automation line" alias="alert:green"/>
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
     <ColorAlias name="grid line micro" alias="neutral:midground"/>
     <ColorAlias name="grid line minor" alias="neutral:foreground2"/>
     <ColorAlias name="gtk_arm" alias="alert:red"/>
-    <ColorAlias name="gtk_audio_bus" alias="widget:blue darker"/>
+    <ColorAlias name="gtk_audio_bus" alias="theme:bg"/>
     <ColorAlias name="gtk_audio_track" alias="theme:bg1"/>
     <ColorAlias name="gtk_automation_track_header" alias="theme:bg"/>
     <ColorAlias name="gtk_background" alias="theme:bg"/>