diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/RankingsOverlay.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/RankingsOverlay.cs
index 4a463e431c..84470d9caa 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/RankingsOverlay.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/RankingsOverlay.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Shapes;
-using osu.Game.Graphics;
 using osu.Game.Overlays.Rankings;
 using osu.Game.Users;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets;
@@ -27,6 +26,7 @@ public class RankingsOverlay : FullscreenOverlay
         private readonly BasicScrollContainer scrollFlow;
         private readonly Container tableContainer;
         private readonly DimmedLoadingLayer loading;
+        private readonly Box background;
 
         private APIRequest lastRequest;
         private CancellationTokenSource cancellationToken;
@@ -39,10 +39,9 @@ public RankingsOverlay()
         {
             Children = new Drawable[]
             {
-                new Box
+                background = new Box
                 {
-                    RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
-                    Colour = OsuColour.Gray(0.1f),
+                    RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both
                 },
                 scrollFlow = new BasicScrollContainer
                 {
@@ -87,6 +86,12 @@ public RankingsOverlay()
             };
         }
 
+        [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
+        private void load()
+        {
+            background.Colour = ColourProvider.Background5;
+        }
+
         protected override void LoadComplete()
         {
             Country.BindValueChanged(_ =>