diff --git a/editor/editor_settings.cpp b/editor/editor_settings.cpp
index fabce8f9ad2..0d3c5302b3c 100644
--- a/editor/editor_settings.cpp
+++ b/editor/editor_settings.cpp
@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ void EditorSettings::_load_default_text_editor_theme() {
 	set("text_editor/string_color", Color::html("ef6ebe"));
 	set("text_editor/number_color", Color::html("EB9532"));
 	set("text_editor/symbol_color", Color::html("badfff"));
-	set("text_editor/selection_color", Color::html("7b5dbe"));
+	set("text_editor/selection_color", Color::html("6ca9c2"));
 	set("text_editor/brace_mismatch_color", Color(1, 0.2, 0.2));
 	set("text_editor/current_line_color", Color(0.3, 0.5, 0.8, 0.15));
 	set("text_editor/line_length_guideline_color", Color(0.3, 0.5, 0.8, 0.1));