diff --git a/sass/components/_variables.scss b/sass/components/_variables.scss
index 4c59c1278522c96e23a1fbc7ea8d20531fa76ad0..fa03d6149d547c6c2efaee8309d0f46289690b3e 100644
--- a/sass/components/_variables.scss
+++ b/sass/components/_variables.scss
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ $dropdown-item-height: 50px !default;
 // Text Inputs + Textarea
 $input-height: 3rem !default;
 $input-border-color: color("grey", "base") !default;
+$input-label-color: color("grey", "base") !default;
 $input-border: 1px solid $input-border-color !default;
 $input-background: #fff !default;
 $input-error-color: $error-color !default;
diff --git a/sass/components/forms/_forms.scss b/sass/components/forms/_forms.scss
index 4c19f4c85bf22ddddeb35a3c21cb6ccd1b46cdf2..a387260843fa7e586c2875935f16f0e59d9ed069 100644
--- a/sass/components/forms/_forms.scss
+++ b/sass/components/forms/_forms.scss
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ button:focus {
 
 label {
   font-size: $label-font-size;
-  color: $input-border-color;
+  color: $input-label-color;
 }
 
 @import 'input-fields';
diff --git a/sass/components/forms/_input-fields.scss b/sass/components/forms/_input-fields.scss
index f18c2f8097097efd979a66461119c858bbd2a406..09fa47c4b4a3899fe7020547b2d56adc2a3e8d43 100644
--- a/sass/components/forms/_input-fields.scss
+++ b/sass/components/forms/_input-fields.scss
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ textarea.materialize-textarea {
   margin-bottom: 1rem;
 
   & > label {
-    color: $input-border-color;
+    color: $input-label-color;
     position: absolute;
     top: 0;
     left: 0;
diff --git a/sass/src/dark/_variables.scss b/sass/src/dark/_variables.scss
index 7dcd00691896116723160d4cdde4419ec58cdd77..04e368980aa3cfa2b7dbda58ade1d73138a35ce0 100644
--- a/sass/src/dark/_variables.scss
+++ b/sass/src/dark/_variables.scss
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ $secondary-color: color('cyan', 'darken-2');
 $link-color: color('light-blue', 'darken-1');
 $success-color: color('green', 'darken-2');
 $error-color: color('red', 'darken-2');
-$input-border-color: $off-black;
+$input-label-color: $off-black;
 $collection-border-color: color('grey', 'darken-3');
 $collection-link-color: color('shades', 'white');
 $collection-hover-bg-color: color('grey', 'darken-4');
diff --git a/sass/src/light/_variables.scss b/sass/src/light/_variables.scss
index 4fdd9e8748b156e753ef0f7e325b977e87c93ee6..6c5095b66389b6fb06a233251062744de421ab55 100644
--- a/sass/src/light/_variables.scss
+++ b/sass/src/light/_variables.scss
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ $card-link-color: $link-color;
 $collection-link-color: color('shades', 'black');
 $card-bg-color: color('blue-grey', 'lighten-5');
 $inactive-color: color('grey', 'darken-2');
+$input-label-color: color('shades', 'black');