diff --git a/src/scss/_partial/quote.scss b/src/scss/_partial/quote.scss
index ba2fb5b..6a912fe 100644
--- a/src/scss/_partial/quote.scss
+++ b/src/scss/_partial/quote.scss
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ q {
   font-weight: 500;
   font-style: italic;
   color: inherit;
-  border-color: var(--xm-c-blockquote-color);
+  border-color: var(--xm-c-blockquote-border);
   border-left-width: .25rem;
   quotes: '\201C''\201D''\2018''\2019';
   margin-bottom: 1.6rem;