diff --git a/public/stylesheets/common.css b/public/stylesheets/common.css
index e17eb37..8d36ad2 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/common.css
+++ b/public/stylesheets/common.css
@@ -322,11 +322,9 @@ div.auto-complete li.selected {
 /* pending tasks list */
 
 div.pending-tasks {
-  background: #B8CFE7;
-  color: #204A87;
-  border: 2px solid #204A87;
-  padding: 2px;
-  margin: 1em;
+  padding: 10px;
+  border: 1px solid #BFC2BC;
+  margin-bottom: 20px;
 }
 
 /* sitemap */
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/controller_tasks.css b/public/stylesheets/controller_tasks.css
index 6d4512f..7650c7f 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/controller_tasks.css
+++ b/public/stylesheets/controller_tasks.css
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 
 #content .task-list li {
   margin: 10px 0px;
-  padding: 0px;
   list-style: none;
-  border: 1px solid #3465A4;
+  border: 1px solid #BFC2BC;
+  padding-left:1em;
+  padding-right:1em;
 }
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