diff --git a/res/themes/status/css/_status.scss b/res/themes/status/css/_status.scss
index 683e1b9e..fd8c9734 100644
--- a/res/themes/status/css/_status.scss
+++ b/res/themes/status/css/_status.scss
@@ -215,6 +215,12 @@ $lightbox-bg-color: #454545;
 $lightbox-fg-color: #ffffff;
 $lightbox-border-color: #ffffff;
 
+
+$input-lighter-bg-color: #ff0000;
+// used by NewThreadBanner
+$received-messages-alert-fg-color: #7AC9A1;
+$received-messages-alert-bg-color: #F9FCFB;
+
 // unused?
 $progressbar-color: #000;