diff --git a/extensions/theme-defaults/themes/light_vs.json b/extensions/theme-defaults/themes/light_vs.json
index 5f59dbe7b77..b58b9f88321 100644
--- a/extensions/theme-defaults/themes/light_vs.json
+++ b/extensions/theme-defaults/themes/light_vs.json
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 		"notebook.cellBorderColor": "#E8E8E8",
 		"notebook.selectedCellBackground": "#c8ddf150",
 		"statusBarItem.errorBackground": "#c72e0f",
-		"list.focusHighlightForeground": "#33B6FF"
+		"list.focusHighlightForeground": "#9DDDFF"
 	},
 	"tokenColors": [
 		{