diff --git a/docs/sources/explore/logs-integration.md b/docs/sources/explore/logs-integration.md
index 92ffc6eabe7..34275f90e03 100644
--- a/docs/sources/explore/logs-integration.md
+++ b/docs/sources/explore/logs-integration.md
@@ -92,15 +92,15 @@ For the logs where a `level` label is specified, we use the value of this label
 
 **Supported log levels and mapping of log level abbreviation and expressions:**
 
-| Log level | Color      | Supported expressions                    |
-| :-------- | :--------- | ---------------------------------------- |
-| critical  | purple     | emerg, fatal, alert, crit, critical      |
-| error     | red        | err, eror, error                         |
-| warning   | yellow     | warn, warning                            |
-| info      | green      | info, information, informational, notice |
-| debug     | blue       | dbug, debug                              |
-| trace     | light blue | trace                                    |
-| unknown   | grey       | \*                                       |
+| Log level | Color      | Supported expressions                          |
+| :-------- | :--------- | ---------------------------------------------- |
+| critical  | purple     | emerg, fatal, alert, crit, critical, 0, 1, 2   |
+| error     | red        | err, eror, error, 3                            |
+| warning   | yellow     | warn, warning, 4                               |
+| info      | green      | info, information, informational, notice, 5, 6 |
+| debug     | blue       | dbug, debug, 7                                 |
+| trace     | light blue | trace                                          |
+| unknown   | grey       | \*                                             |
 
 ### Highlight searched words
 
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/types/logs.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/types/logs.ts
index 0124ffe98ac..2d363a63f7e 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/types/logs.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/types/logs.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,21 @@ export enum LogLevel {
   unknown = 'unknown',
 }
 
+/**
+ * Mapping of log level abbreviation to canonical log level.
+ * Supported levels are reduce to limit color variation.
+ */
+export const NumericLogLevel: Record<string, LogLevel> = {
+  '0': LogLevel.critical,
+  '1': LogLevel.critical,
+  '2': LogLevel.critical,
+  '3': LogLevel.error,
+  '4': LogLevel.warning,
+  '5': LogLevel.info,
+  '6': LogLevel.info,
+  '7': LogLevel.debug,
+};
+
 // Used for meta information such as common labels or returned log rows in logs view in Explore
 export enum LogsMetaKind {
   Number,
diff --git a/public/app/features/logs/logsModel.ts b/public/app/features/logs/logsModel.ts
index b76f8f81dc4..1bbe72776b6 100644
--- a/public/app/features/logs/logsModel.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/logs/logsModel.ts
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ export function logSeriesToLogsModel(
 
       let logLevel = LogLevel.unknown;
       const logLevelKey = (logLevelField && logLevelField.values[j]) || (labels && labels['level']);
-      if (logLevelKey) {
+      if (typeof logLevelKey === 'number' || typeof logLevelKey === 'string') {
         logLevel = getLogLevelFromKey(logLevelKey);
       } else {
         logLevel = getLogLevel(entry);
diff --git a/public/app/features/logs/utils.test.ts b/public/app/features/logs/utils.test.ts
index 184a594acb9..484d16efe7a 100644
--- a/public/app/features/logs/utils.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/logs/utils.test.ts
@@ -63,8 +63,30 @@ describe('getLogLevelFromKey()', () => {
   it('returns correct log level when level is capitalized', () => {
     expect(getLogLevelFromKey('INFO')).toBe(LogLevel.info);
   });
-  it('returns unknown log level when level is integer', () => {
-    expect(getLogLevelFromKey(1)).toBe(LogLevel.unknown);
+  describe('Numeric log levels', () => {
+    it('returns critical', () => {
+      expect(getLogLevelFromKey(0)).toBe(LogLevel.critical);
+      expect(getLogLevelFromKey('0')).toBe(LogLevel.critical);
+      expect(getLogLevelFromKey('1')).toBe(LogLevel.critical);
+      expect(getLogLevelFromKey('2')).toBe(LogLevel.critical);
+    });
+    it('returns error', () => {
+      expect(getLogLevelFromKey('3')).toBe(LogLevel.error);
+    });
+    it('returns warning', () => {
+      expect(getLogLevelFromKey('4')).toBe(LogLevel.warning);
+    });
+    it('returns info', () => {
+      expect(getLogLevelFromKey('5')).toBe(LogLevel.info);
+      expect(getLogLevelFromKey('6')).toBe(LogLevel.info);
+    });
+    it('returns debug', () => {
+      expect(getLogLevelFromKey('7')).toBe(LogLevel.debug);
+    });
+    it('returns unknown log level when level is an unexpected integer', () => {
+      expect(getLogLevelFromKey('8')).toBe(LogLevel.unknown);
+      expect(getLogLevelFromKey(8)).toBe(LogLevel.unknown);
+    });
   });
 });
 
diff --git a/public/app/features/logs/utils.ts b/public/app/features/logs/utils.ts
index e1a0b54ecc1..150caee3740 100644
--- a/public/app/features/logs/utils.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/logs/utils.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
   MutableDataFrame,
   QueryResultMeta,
   LogsVolumeType,
+  NumericLogLevel,
 } from '@grafana/data';
 
 import { getDataframeFields } from './components/logParser';
@@ -49,6 +50,17 @@ export function getLogLevelFromKey(key: string | number): LogLevel {
   if (level) {
     return level;
   }
+  if (typeof key === 'string') {
+    // The level did not match any entry of LogLevel. It might be unknown or a numeric level.
+    const numericLevel = parseInt(key, 10);
+    // Safety check to confirm that we're parsing a number and not a number with a string.
+    // For example `parseInt('1abcd', 10)` outputs 1
+    if (key.length === numericLevel.toString().length) {
+      return NumericLogLevel[key] || LogLevel.unknown;
+    }
+  } else if (typeof key === 'number') {
+    return NumericLogLevel[key] || LogLevel.unknown;
+  }
 
   return LogLevel.unknown;
 }