diff --git a/src/gtk318/widgets/_scale.scss b/src/gtk318/widgets/_scale.scss
index 57577cb..1f424f8 100644
--- a/src/gtk318/widgets/_scale.scss
+++ b/src/gtk318/widgets/_scale.scss
@@ -1,87 +1,87 @@
 /************
  * GtkScale *
  ************/
 .scale,
 .scale.scale-has-marks-above.scale-has-marks-below,
 .scale.vertical.scale-has-marks-above.scale-has-marks-below {
   -GtkScale-slider-length: 18;
   -GtkRange-slider-width: 18;
   -GtkRange-trough-border: 2;
 
   &.fine-tune {
     &.trough {
       margin: 8px;
       border-radius: $r;
     }
   }
 
   &.slider {
     background-color: b_color(normal);
     border: 1px solid $border_color;
     border-radius: 50%;
     box-shadow: none;
     &:hover {
       border-style: solid;
   	  border-width: 2px;
       border-color: b_color(hover);
       border-radius: 50%; // needed for double marks scales
       &:backdrop {
         background-color: backdrop(b_color(normal));
         border-color: backdrop(b_color(hover));
       }
     }
     &:insensitive {
       border-style: solid; // needed for double marks scales or they'll get
       border-radius: 50%;  // overridden
       background-color: insensitive(b_color(normal));
       border-color: insensitive($border_color);
       &:backdrop {
         background-color: backdrop(insensitive(b_color(normal)));
         border-color: backdrop(insensitive($border_color));
       }
     }
     &:active {
       border: 2px solid b_color(active);
       &:backdrop {
         background-color: backdrop(b_color(normal));
         border-color: backdrop(b_color(active));
       }
     }
     &:backdrop {
       background-color: backdrop(b_color(normal));
       border-color: backdrop($border_color);
     }
   }
   &.trough {
     margin: 9px;
     border: 1px solid transparentize(b_color(text),0.7);
     border-radius: $r;
     background-color: transparentize(b_color(text),0.7);
     box-shadow: none;
     &.highlight {
       background-color: s_color(normal);
       border-color: s_color(normal);
       &.vertical {
         background-color: s_color(normal);
         border-color: s_color(normal);
       }
       &:backdrop {
         background-color: backdrop(s_color(backdrop));
         border-color: backdrop(s_color(backdrop));
       }
     }
     &:insensitive, &.vertical:insensitive {
       border-color: mix(insensitive(b_color(text)), w_color(normal), 70%);
       background-color: mix(insensitive(b_color(text)), w_color(normal), 70%);
       box-shadow: none;
       &:backdrop {
-        background-color: backdrop(insensitive(transparentize(b_color(text),0.7)));
-        border-color: backdrop(insensitive(transparentize(b_color(text),0.7)));
+        background-color: mix(backdrop(insensitive(b_color(text))), w_color(normal), 70%);
+        border-color: mix(backdrop(insensitive(b_color(text))), w_color(normal), 70%);
       }
     }
     &:backdrop {
       background-color: backdrop(transparentize(b_color(text),0.7));
       border-color: backdrop(transparentize(b_color(text),0.7));
     }
   }
 }