diff --git a/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass/widgets/_login-dialog.scss b/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass/widgets/_login-dialog.scss
index 23456be58..208165d12 100644
--- a/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass/widgets/_login-dialog.scss
+++ b/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass/widgets/_login-dialog.scss
@@ -183,12 +183,12 @@
 .unlock-dialog {
   StEntry {
     border:none !important;
-    &:focus { 
-      background-color: transparentize($fg_color, 0.9);
+    &:focus {
+      background-color: if($variant == 'light', transparentize(white, 0.9), transparentize($fg_color, 0.9));
     }
     &:insensitive { 
-      color: transparentize($fg_color, 0.5);
-      background-color: transparentize($fg_color, 0.95);
+      color: if($variant == 'light', transparentize(white, 0.5), transparentize($fg_color, 0.5));
+      background-color: if($variant == 'light', transparentize(white, 0.95), transparentize($fg_color, 0.95));
     }
   }