diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/graph/graph.ts b/public/app/plugins/panel/graph/graph.ts
index a4ddeec7777..91ca17c52f6 100755
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/graph/graph.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/graph/graph.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import GraphTooltip from './graph_tooltip';
 import { ThresholdManager } from './threshold_manager';
 import { EventManager } from 'app/features/annotations/all';
 import { convertValuesToHistogram, getSeriesValues } from './histogram';
+import config from 'app/core/config';
 
 /** @ngInject **/
 function graphDirective(timeSrv, popoverSrv, contextSrv) {
@@ -286,6 +287,10 @@ function graphDirective(timeSrv, popoverSrv, contextSrv) {
       }
 
       function buildFlotOptions(panel) {
+        let gridColor = '#c8c8c8';
+        if (config.bootData.user.lightTheme === true) {
+          gridColor = '#a1a1a1';
+        }
         const stack = panel.stack ? true : null;
         let options = {
           hooks: {
@@ -332,7 +337,7 @@ function graphDirective(timeSrv, popoverSrv, contextSrv) {
             borderWidth: 0,
             hoverable: true,
             clickable: true,
-            color: '#c8c8c8',
+            color: gridColor,
             margin: { left: 0, right: 0 },
             labelMarginX: 0,
           },