diff --git a/web/styles/app_components.css b/web/styles/app_components.css
index c6469d5726..782d9d916b 100644
--- a/web/styles/app_components.css
+++ b/web/styles/app_components.css
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ input.settings_text_input {
 .unread_mention_info:not(:empty) {
     margin-right: 5px;
     margin-left: 2px;
-    opacity: 0.7;
+    opacity: 0.5;
 }
 
 /* Implement the web app's default-hidden convention for alert
diff --git a/web/styles/left_sidebar.css b/web/styles/left_sidebar.css
index fa9fd4af19..acc568228c 100644
--- a/web/styles/left_sidebar.css
+++ b/web/styles/left_sidebar.css
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ ul.filters {
     }
 
     .zulip-icon-follow {
-        opacity: 0.6;
+        opacity: 0.5;
 
         &:hover {
             opacity: 1;