diff --git a/gui/app/styles/colors.scss b/gui/app/styles/colors.scss
index 04ea1f53..04bfc4a2 100644
--- a/gui/app/styles/colors.scss
+++ b/gui/app/styles/colors.scss
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ $color-white-dark-1: #f5f5f5;
 
 // Documents, spaces card background color
 $color-card: #F6F4EE;
+$color-sidebar: #f2f8fd;
 
 /**************************************************************
 * Theme colors.
diff --git a/gui/app/styles/core/layout/master-internal.scss b/gui/app/styles/core/layout/master-internal.scss
index adf9a40f..8ea07df4 100644
--- a/gui/app/styles/core/layout/master-internal.scss
+++ b/gui/app/styles/core/layout/master-internal.scss
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// CSS GRID WITH FIXED SIDEBAR OUTSIDE GRID
+// CSS GRID LAYOUT
 
 // Mobile-first layout
 .master-container {
@@ -124,7 +124,8 @@
 		width: 100%;
 		padding: 5px 10px;
 		z-index: 888;
-		background-color: map-get($gray-shades, 100);
+		// background-color: map-get($gray-shades, 100);
+		background-color: $color-sidebar;
 	}
 }