diff --git a/packages/next/src/client/components/react-dev-overlay/internal/container/RuntimeError/index.tsx b/packages/next/src/client/components/react-dev-overlay/internal/container/RuntimeError/index.tsx
index cd24b26c2b3b1..2d6710524a3f8 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/client/components/react-dev-overlay/internal/container/RuntimeError/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/next/src/client/components/react-dev-overlay/internal/container/RuntimeError/index.tsx
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ export const styles = css`
     margin-bottom: var(--size-gap);
     font-family: var(--font-stack-monospace);
     font-size: var(--size-font);
-    color: #222;
+    color: #666;
   }
   [data-nextjs-call-stack-frame] > h3[data-nextjs-frame-expanded='false'] {
     color: #666;