diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.ui.themes/css/e4-dark_mac.css b/bundles/org.eclipse.ui.themes/css/e4-dark_mac.css
index aaa4329bec9..8145df6b81f 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.ui.themes/css/e4-dark_mac.css
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.ui.themes/css/e4-dark_mac.css
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ Button  {
 /* Inactive view tabs  */
 .MPartStack {
 	swt-draw-custom-tab-content-background: true;
-	swt-unselected-hot-tab-color-background: #48484c;
-}
+	swt-unselected-hot-tab-color-background: #161616;
+} 
 
 CTabFolder{
 	swt-selected-tab-highlight: #2b79d7;
diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.ui.themes/css/e4-dark_win.css b/bundles/org.eclipse.ui.themes/css/e4-dark_win.css
index f5f0bd79fee..b333cd4bf09 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.ui.themes/css/e4-dark_win.css
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.ui.themes/css/e4-dark_win.css
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ ImageBasedFrame,
 /* Inactive view tabs  */
 .MPartStack {
 	swt-draw-custom-tab-content-background: true;
-	swt-unselected-hot-tab-color-background: #48484c;
+	swt-unselected-hot-tab-color-background: #161616;
 }
 
 CTabFolder{
diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.ui.themes/css/e4_default_mac.css b/bundles/org.eclipse.ui.themes/css/e4_default_mac.css
index 0fbc3fdd69b..5a9cab003a5 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.ui.themes/css/e4_default_mac.css
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.ui.themes/css/e4_default_mac.css
@@ -178,6 +178,8 @@ CTabFolder Canvas {
     swt-selected-highlight-top: true;	
 	swt-tab-outline:#eaeaea; 
 	swt-tab-outer-keyline: #eaeaea;
+	swt-draw-custom-tab-content-background: true;
+	swt-unselected-hot-tab-color-background:'#FFFFFF';
 }
 
 #org-eclipse-ui-editorss CTabFolder.active {
diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.ui.themes/css/e4_default_win.css b/bundles/org.eclipse.ui.themes/css/e4_default_win.css
index f0d9701615e..15aeb619220 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.ui.themes/css/e4_default_win.css
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.ui.themes/css/e4_default_win.css
@@ -179,6 +179,8 @@ CTabFolder Canvas {
     swt-selected-highlight-top: true;	
 	swt-tab-outline:#e5e5e5; 
 	swt-tab-outer-keyline: #e5e5e5;
+	swt-draw-custom-tab-content-background: true;
+	swt-unselected-hot-tab-color-background:'#FFFFFF';
 }
 
 #org-eclipse-ui-editorss CTabFolder.active {
diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.ui.themes/css/light/e4-light_tabstyle.css b/bundles/org.eclipse.ui.themes/css/light/e4-light_tabstyle.css
index 6306b6dde74..a220c797ad4 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.ui.themes/css/light/e4-light_tabstyle.css
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.ui.themes/css/light/e4-light_tabstyle.css
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 	padding: 0px;
 	color: '#org-eclipse-ui-workbench-INACTIVE_TAB_TEXT_COLOR';
 	swt-draw-custom-tab-content-background: true;
-	swt-unselected-hot-tab-color-background:'#org-eclipse-ui-workbench-ACTIVE_TAB_BG_START';
+	swt-unselected-hot-tab-color-background:#EAEAEA;
 }
 
 .MPartStack.active {