diff --git a/app/css/app.css b/app/css/app.css
index 26c6220..ea6c6b2 100644
--- a/app/css/app.css
+++ b/app/css/app.css
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ header nav {
   margin-bottom: 0.71em;
 }
 .ListModulesCtrl .incomplete {
-  color: #999999;
+  color: #555555;
 }
 .ListModulesCtrl .pagenum {
-  color: #999999;
+  color: #555555;
   line-height: 32px;
 }
 .SearchCtrl .search {
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ header nav {
 .SearchCtrl .search .searchbar-icon {
   position: absolute;
   padding: 0.15em 0.4em;
-  color: #999999;
+  color: #555555;
   line-height: 1.42em;
 }
 body {
@@ -67,13 +67,17 @@ body {
 }
 footer {
   font-size: 0.8em;
-  color: #999999;
+  color: #555555;
   text-align: center;
   margin-top: 3em;
 }
 .action {
   cursor: pointer;
 }
+a,
+a:link {
+  color: #275c8a;
+}
 /* app css stylesheet */
 .menu {
   list-style: none;
diff --git a/app/css/listModules.css b/app/css/listModules.css
index 21fdb53..6f0f95d 100644
--- a/app/css/listModules.css
+++ b/app/css/listModules.css
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 @import url(//fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans:400italic,400,300,700);
 .ListModulesCtrl .incomplete {
-  color: #999999;
+  color: #555555;
 }
 .ListModulesCtrl .pagenum {
-  color: #999999;
+  color: #555555;
   line-height: 32px;
 }
diff --git a/app/css/search.css b/app/css/search.css
index e4ae3a1..716a8b1 100644
--- a/app/css/search.css
+++ b/app/css/search.css
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@
 .SearchCtrl .search .searchbar-icon {
   position: absolute;
   padding: 0.15em 0.4em;
-  color: #999999;
+  color: #555555;
   line-height: 1.42em;
 }
diff --git a/app/less/app.less b/app/less/app.less
index c52bd67..6c9a184 100644
--- a/app/less/app.less
+++ b/app/less/app.less
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ footer {
   cursor: pointer;
 }
 
+a, a:link {
+  color: @link;
+  // text-decoration: underline;
+}
+
 
 
 /* app css stylesheet */
diff --git a/app/less/styleGuide.less b/app/less/styleGuide.less
index e30cb37..b72703a 100644
--- a/app/less/styleGuide.less
+++ b/app/less/styleGuide.less
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 @import url(//fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans:400italic,400,300,700);
 
 @text: #363463;
-@deemphasized: #999;
+@deemphasized: #555;
+@link: hsl(207.8,56.3%,34.6%);
 
 @primaryFont: "Open Sans";
 @primaryBoldFont: "Open Sans Bold";