diff --git a/src/xschem.tcl b/src/xschem.tcl
index 0fe56417..458b017f 100644
--- a/src/xschem.tcl
+++ b/src/xschem.tcl
@@ -8486,7 +8486,7 @@ if {!$rainbow_colors} {
   set_ne dark_colors {
    "#000000" "#00ccee" "#4f4f4f" "#cccccc" "#88dd00" 
    "#bb2200" "#00ccee" "#ff0000" "#ffff00" "#ffffff"
-   "#ff00ff" "#00ff00" "#0044dd" "#aaaa00" "#aaccaa"
+   "#ff00ff" "#00ff00" "#0000ff" "#aaaa00" "#aaccaa"
    "#ff7777" "#bfff81" "#00ffcc" "#ce0097" "#d2d46b" 
    "#ef6158" "#fdb200"}
 } else {