diff --git a/client/src/app/shared/forms/markdown-textarea.component.scss b/client/src/app/shared/forms/markdown-textarea.component.scss
index 16f319587..33f52fa6e 100644
--- a/client/src/app/shared/forms/markdown-textarea.component.scss
+++ b/client/src/app/shared/forms/markdown-textarea.component.scss
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ $input-border-radius: 3px;
       padding: $base-padding;
       border-right: 1px dashed $input-border-color !important;
       resize: none;
-      scrollbar-color: var(--actionButtonColor) var(--textareaBackgroundColor);
+      scrollbar-color: var(--actionButtonColor) var(--markdownTextareaBackgroundColor);
 
       &:focus {
         box-shadow: none;