diff --git a/src/components/desktop_nav/desktop_nav.scss b/src/components/desktop_nav/desktop_nav.scss
index 0c094ce28..61d2541ca 100644
--- a/src/components/desktop_nav/desktop_nav.scss
+++ b/src/components/desktop_nav/desktop_nav.scss
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
     color: var(--inputTopbarText, var(--inputText));
   }
 
+  a {
+    color: var(--link);
+  }
+
   .inner-nav {
     display: grid;
     grid-template-rows: var(--navbar-height);
@@ -87,6 +91,10 @@
     width: 2em;
     height: 100%;
     text-align: center;
+
+    .svg-inline--fa {
+      color: var(--link);
+    }
   }
 
   .sitename {
diff --git a/src/components/top_bar.style.js b/src/components/top_bar.style.js
index daee80afe..20181adc0 100644
--- a/src/components/top_bar.style.js
+++ b/src/components/top_bar.style.js
@@ -32,18 +32,6 @@ export default {
       directives: {
         textColor: '--text'
       }
-    },
-    {
-      component: 'Icon',
-      parent: {
-        component: 'ButtonUnstyled',
-        parent: {
-          component: 'TopBar'
-        }
-      },
-      directives: {
-        textColor: '--parent--text'
-      }
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/src/services/color_convert/color_convert.js b/src/services/color_convert/color_convert.js
index 654f6eaa8..4d49d9cce 100644
--- a/src/services/color_convert/color_convert.js
+++ b/src/services/color_convert/color_convert.js
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ export const getTextColor = function (bg, text, preserve) {
 
   const originalColor = convert(text).hex
   const invertedColor = invertLightness(originalColor).hex
-  const invertedContrast = getContrastRatio(bg, convert(invertedColor).rgb)
+  const invertedContrast = getContrastRatio(bg, invertedColor)
   let workColor
 
   if (invertedContrast > originalContrast) {
@@ -238,14 +238,13 @@ export const getTextColor = function (bg, text, preserve) {
   const result = convert(rgb2hex(workColor)).hsl
   const delta = result.l > 50 ? 1 : -1
   const multiplier = 10
-  while (contrast < 4.5 && result.l > 0 && result.l < 100) {
+  while (contrast < 4.5) {
     result.l += delta * multiplier
-    contrast = getContrastRatio(bg, convert(result).rgb)
-    console.log(convert(result).hex, result.l, contrast)
+    contrast = getContrastRatio(bg, result)
   }
 
   const base = typeof text.a !== 'undefined' ? { a: text.a } : {}
-  return Object.assign(convert(result).rgb, base)
+  return Object.assign(base, result)
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/static/palettes/index.json b/static/palettes/index.json
index 650d38bb5..782be7a09 100644
--- a/static/palettes/index.json
+++ b/static/palettes/index.json
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@
     "bg": "#323337",
     "fg": "#1D1E21",
     "link": "#18A0E3",
-    "accent": "#6671E2",
     "text": "#DBDDE0",
     "cRed": "#E05053",
     "cBlue": "#6671E2",