diff --git a/data/styles/elementary-dark.xml b/data/styles/elementary-dark.xml
index ccdff0a7b..e9ed086d2 100644
--- a/data/styles/elementary-dark.xml
+++ b/data/styles/elementary-dark.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
   <!-- Global Settings -->
   <style name="text"                        foreground="fg-0" background="bg-2"/>
-  <style name="selection"                   foreground="fg-1" background="bg-4"/>
+  <style name="selection"                   foreground="fg-1"/><!-- The user accent color is used for background -->
   <style name="cursor"                      foreground="fg-0"/>
   <style name="secondary-cursor"            foreground="fg-1"/>
   <style name="current-line"                background="bg-1"/>
diff --git a/data/styles/elementary-highcontrast-light.xml b/data/styles/elementary-highcontrast-light.xml
index aa877eeb1..26586afa1 100644
--- a/data/styles/elementary-highcontrast-light.xml
+++ b/data/styles/elementary-highcontrast-light.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
   <!-- Global Settings -->
   <style name="text"                        foreground="fg-0" background="bg-2"/>
-  <style name="selection"                   background="latte"/>
+  <style name="selection"                   foreground="fg-0"/> <!-- The user accent color is used for background -->
   <style name="cursor"                      foreground="fg-0"/>
   <style name="secondary-cursor"            foreground="fg-1"/>
   <style name="current-line"                background="bg-1"/>
diff --git a/data/styles/elementary-light.xml b/data/styles/elementary-light.xml
index f358f0092..e39b95b87 100644
--- a/data/styles/elementary-light.xml
+++ b/data/styles/elementary-light.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
   <!-- Global Settings -->
   <style name="text"                        foreground="fg-0" background="bg-1"/>
-  <style name="selection"                   foreground="fg-1" background="bg-4"/>
+  <style name="selection"                   foreground="fg-1"/> <!-- The user accent color is used for background -->
   <style name="cursor"                      foreground="fg-0"/>
   <style name="secondary-cursor"            foreground="fg-1"/>
   <style name="current-line"                background="bg-2"/>