diff --git a/iOS/AppAssets.swift b/iOS/AppAssets.swift
index 77219db2c..88d50df7a 100644
--- a/iOS/AppAssets.swift
+++ b/iOS/AppAssets.swift
@@ -182,6 +182,10 @@ struct AppAssets {
 		return UIColor(named: "vibrantTextColor")!
 	}()
 
+	static var unreadCountBackgroundColor: UIColor = {
+		return UIColor(named: "unreadCountBackgroundColor")!
+	}()
+
 	static func image(for accountType: AccountType) -> UIImage? {
 		switch accountType {
 		case .onMyMac:
diff --git a/iOS/MasterFeed/Cell/MasterFeedUnreadCountView.swift b/iOS/MasterFeed/Cell/MasterFeedUnreadCountView.swift
index 733187341..a5093a6bb 100644
--- a/iOS/MasterFeed/Cell/MasterFeedUnreadCountView.swift
+++ b/iOS/MasterFeed/Cell/MasterFeedUnreadCountView.swift
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class MasterFeedUnreadCountView : UIView {
 	}
 	
 	let cornerRadius = 8.0
-	let bgColor = UIColor.darkGray
+	let bgColor = AppAssets.unreadCountBackgroundColor
 	var textColor: UIColor {
 		return UIColor.white
 	}
diff --git a/iOS/Resources/Assets.xcassets/unreadCountBackgroundColor.colorset/Contents.json b/iOS/Resources/Assets.xcassets/unreadCountBackgroundColor.colorset/Contents.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fab921c40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/iOS/Resources/Assets.xcassets/unreadCountBackgroundColor.colorset/Contents.json
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{
+  "info" : {
+    "version" : 1,
+    "author" : "xcode"
+  },
+  "colors" : [
+    {
+      "idiom" : "universal",
+      "color" : {
+        "platform" : "ios",
+        "reference" : "systemGray2Color"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "idiom" : "universal",
+      "appearances" : [
+        {
+          "appearance" : "luminosity",
+          "value" : "dark"
+        }
+      ],
+      "color" : {
+        "platform" : "ios",
+        "reference" : "systemGray2Color"
+      }
+    }
+  ]
+}
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