diff --git a/stylesheets/colours/_palette.scss b/stylesheets/colours/_palette.scss
index 36de1fe5..cb34b1af 100644
--- a/stylesheets/colours/_palette.scss
+++ b/stylesheets/colours/_palette.scss
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ $grey-4: #f8f8f8;
 $white: #fff;
 
 // Semantic colour names
-$link-colour: $govuk-blue;
+$link-colour: #00579a; // $govuk-blue with better contrast ratio
 $link-active-colour: $light-blue;
 $link-hover-colour: $light-blue;
 $link-visited-colour: #4c2c92;