diff --git a/cms/static/cms/sass/components/pagetree/_tree.scss b/cms/static/cms/sass/components/pagetree/_tree.scss
index e67d1542555..c92c53104e5 100644
--- a/cms/static/cms/sass/components/pagetree/_tree.scss
+++ b/cms/static/cms/sass/components/pagetree/_tree.scss
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@
     padding-inline: $pagetree-header-padding-inline;
     border-block-start: none;
     .addlink {
-        padding-inline-start: 0;
+        padding-inline-start: 16px;
     }
 }
 
@@ -871,7 +871,7 @@
         display: block;
         cursor: move;
         outline: none;
-        color: $gray;
+        color: $gray-darkest;
         // we need to add one pixel in to negate the negative margin
         // value to get the borders to work visually
         height: $pagetree-cell-height + 1;
@@ -896,6 +896,10 @@
             // no direct logical property for background-position
             background-position: calc(100% - 2px) center;
         }
+
+        em {
+            color: $gray-light;
+        }
     }
 
     .jstree-node[data-move-permission="false"] > .jstree-anchor {