diff --git a/web/static/css/prometheus.css b/web/static/css/prometheus.css
index 086bd7f9e..d801925ac 100644
--- a/web/static/css/prometheus.css
+++ b/web/static/css/prometheus.css
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ th.job_header {
   padding-bottom: 10px;
 }
 
-.error_text {
+.target_status_alert {
   padding: 0 4px 0 4px;
 }
 
diff --git a/web/status.go b/web/status.go
index 27f718ac5..a0175fa89 100644
--- a/web/status.go
+++ b/web/status.go
@@ -35,6 +35,14 @@ type PrometheusStatusHandler struct {
 	Birth time.Time
 }
 
+func (h *PrometheusStatusHandler) TargetStateToClass() map[retrieval.TargetState]string {
+	return map[retrieval.TargetState]string{
+		retrieval.Unknown:   "warning",
+		retrieval.Healthy:   "success",
+		retrieval.Unhealthy: "danger",
+	}
+}
+
 func (h *PrometheusStatusHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	executeTemplate(w, "status", h)
 }
diff --git a/web/templates/status.html b/web/templates/status.html
index 9fd4ed936..cf3586d7d 100644
--- a/web/templates/status.html
+++ b/web/templates/status.html
@@ -31,8 +31,9 @@
     <pre>{{range .RuleManager.Rules}}{{.HTMLSnippet}}<br/>{{end}}</pre>
 
     <h2>Targets</h2>
-      {{range $job, $pool := .TargetPools}}
-        <table class="table table-condensed table-bordered table-striped table-hover">
+      <table class="table table-condensed table-bordered table-striped table-hover">
+        {{$stateToClass := .TargetStateToClass}}
+        {{range $job, $pool := .TargetPools}}
           <thead>
             <tr><th colspan="5" class="job_header">{{$job}}</th></tr>
             <tr>
@@ -50,7 +51,9 @@
                 <a href="{{.GlobalURL}}">{{.URL}}</a>
               </td>
               <td>
-                {{.State}}
+                <span class="alert alert-{{index $stateToClass .State}} target_status_alert">
+                  {{.State}}
+                </span>
               </td>
               <td>
                 {{.BaseLabels}}
@@ -60,14 +63,14 @@
               </td>
               <td>
                 {{if .LastError}}
-                <span class="alert alert-error error_text">{{.LastError}}</span>
+                <span class="alert alert-danger target_status_alert">{{.LastError}}</span>
                 {{end}}
               </td>
             </tr>
           {{end}}
           </tbody>
-        </table>
-      {{end}}
+        {{end}}
+      </table>
 
     <h2>Startup Flags</h2>
     <table class="table table-condensed table-bordered table-striped table-hover">