diff --git a/scss/_variables.scss b/scss/_variables.scss
index 1ffa7e74bf..849a9997d9 100644
--- a/scss/_variables.scss
+++ b/scss/_variables.scss
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ $border-widths: (
   5: 5px
 ) !default;
 $border-style:                solid !default;
-$border-color:                $gray-300 !default;
+$border-color:                $gray-400 !default;
 $border-color-translucent:    rgba($black, .175) !default;
 // scss-docs-end border-variables