diff --git a/components/widgets/tags.cpp b/components/widgets/tags.cpp
index ae55e4b76d..1477470024 100644
--- a/components/widgets/tags.cpp
+++ b/components/widgets/tags.cpp
@@ -61,25 +61,24 @@ namespace Gui
         }
         else if (tag.starts_with(fontcolouroptional))
         {
-            std::string settingprefix = "color topic ";
             std::string_view category = "GUI";
-            settingprefix += tag.substr(fontcolouroptional.length());
-            std::replace(settingprefix.begin(), settingprefix.end(), '_', ' ');
-            std::string str = Settings::Manager::getString(settingprefix, category);
+            std::string colortag = "";
+            colortag += tag.substr(fontcolouroptional.length());
+            std::string str = Settings::Manager::getString(colortag, category);
             if (str.empty())
-                throw std::runtime_error("Unable to map setting to value: " + settingprefix);
+                throw std::runtime_error("Unable to map setting to value: " + colortag);
 
-            std::string ret[3];
+            std::string ret[4];
             unsigned int j = 0;
             for (unsigned int i = 0; i < str.length(); ++i)
             {
-                if (str[i] == ',')
+                if (str[i] == ' ')
                     j++;
                 else if (str[i] != ' ')
                     ret[j] += str[i];
             }
-            MyGUI::Colour col(MyGUI::utility::parseInt(ret[0]) / 255.f, MyGUI::utility::parseInt(ret[1]) / 255.f,
-                MyGUI::utility::parseInt(ret[2]) / 255.f);
+            MyGUI::Colour col(MyGUI::utility::parseFloat(ret[0]), MyGUI::utility::parseFloat(ret[1]),
+                MyGUI::utility::parseFloat(ret[2]), MyGUI::utility::parseFloat(ret[3]));
             out = col.print();
             return true;
         }
diff --git a/files/data/mygui/openmw_list.skin.xml b/files/data/mygui/openmw_list.skin.xml
index 0e57f44992..45551429ed 100644
--- a/files/data/mygui/openmw_list.skin.xml
+++ b/files/data/mygui/openmw_list.skin.xml
@@ -129,9 +129,9 @@
         <Property key="TextAlign" value="Left VCenter"/>
 
         <BasisSkin type="SimpleText" offset="2 0 1 5" align="Stretch">
-            <State name="normal" colour="#{fontcolouroptional=specific}"/>
-            <State name="highlighted" colour="#{fontcolouroptional=specific_over}"/>
-            <State name="pushed" colour="#{fontcolouroptional=specific_pressed}"/>
+            <State name="normal" colour="#{fontcolouroptional=color topic specific}"/>
+            <State name="highlighted" colour="#{fontcolouroptional=color topic specific over}"/>
+            <State name="pushed" colour="#{fontcolouroptional=color topic specific pressed}"/>
         </BasisSkin>
     </Resource>
 
@@ -140,9 +140,9 @@
         <Property key="TextAlign" value="Left VCenter"/>
 
         <BasisSkin type="SimpleText" offset="2 0 1 5" align="Stretch">
-            <State name="normal" colour="#{fontcolouroptional=exhausted}"/>
-            <State name="highlighted" colour="#{fontcolouroptional=exhausted_over}"/>
-            <State name="pushed" colour="#{fontcolouroptional=exhausted_pressed}"/>
+            <State name="normal" colour="#{fontcolouroptional=color topic exhausted}"/>
+            <State name="highlighted" colour="#{fontcolouroptional=color topic exhausted over}"/>
+            <State name="pushed" colour="#{fontcolouroptional=color topic exhausted pressed}"/>
         </BasisSkin>
     </Resource>
 
diff --git a/files/settings-default.cfg b/files/settings-default.cfg
index 9a262260e7..1efcec8db4 100644
--- a/files/settings-default.cfg
+++ b/files/settings-default.cfg
@@ -220,17 +220,17 @@ color topic enable = false
 # The color of dialogue topic keywords that gives unique actor responses
 # Format (R,G,B) (255,255,255) or empty for no special formatting
 # Default to blue
-color topic specific = 112,126,207
-color topic specific over = 143,155,218
-color topic specific pressed = 175,184,228
+color topic specific = 0.45 0.5 0.8 1
+color topic specific over = 0.58 0.62 0.85 1
+color topic specific pressed = 0.29 0.36 0.75 1
 
 
 # The color of dialogue topic keywords that gives already read responses
 # Format (R,G,B) (255,255,255) or empty for no special formatting
 # Default to grey
-color topic exhausted = 103,103,111
-color topic exhausted over = 170,170,188
-color topic exhausted pressed= 69,69,85
+color topic exhausted = 0.3 0.3 0.3 1
+color topic exhausted over = 0.56 0.56 0.56 1
+color topic exhausted pressed= 0.44 0.44 0.44 1
 
 [HUD]