diff --git a/static/css/components/language.less b/static/css/components/language.less
index 49f2997f892..5c3767c0964 100644
--- a/static/css/components/language.less
+++ b/static/css/components/language.less
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 .iaBar .language-component {
   position: relative;
   display: block;
-  border: 1px solid #999;
+  border: 1px solid @mid-grey;
   border-radius: 5px;
   padding: .2rem .4rem;
   // stylelint-disable selector-max-specificity, max-nesting-depth