diff --git a/src/stylesheet/widgets/_level-bar.scss b/src/stylesheet/widgets/_level-bar.scss
index 512b3b3aefdaa0970edded87823d98cf4d642496..ccbcf3f7729d2115675b0d85d887f7e79cae3d6a 100644
--- a/src/stylesheet/widgets/_level-bar.scss
+++ b/src/stylesheet/widgets/_level-bar.scss
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
-$_levelbar_size: 9px;
-$_levelbar_border_radius: 5px;
+$_levelbar_size: 11px;
+$_levelbar_border_radius: 6px;
 
 levelbar {
+  &:disabled {
+    filter: opacity(.5);
+  }
+
   &.horizontal {
     trough > block {
       min-height: $_levelbar_size;
@@ -23,9 +27,9 @@ levelbar {
 
     // segmented level bar
     &.discrete > trough > block {
-      min-height: 2px;
+      min-height: $_levelbar_size - 7px;
       margin: 1px;
-      min-width: 24px;
+      min-width: 26px;
       border-radius: 0;
 
       &:first-child {
@@ -41,13 +45,28 @@ levelbar {
   &.vertical {
     trough > block {
       min-width: $_levelbar_size;
-      border-radius: $_levelbar_border_radius;
+      border-radius: $_levelbar_border_radius $_levelbar_border_radius 0 0;
+
+      &.empty,
+      &.full {
+        border-radius: $_levelbar_border_radius;
+      }
     }
 
+    // segmented level bar
     &.discrete > trough > block {
       min-width: $_levelbar_size - 7px;
-      margin: 1px 0;
-      min-height: 32px;
+      margin: 1px;
+      min-height: 26px;
+      border-radius: 0;
+
+      &:first-child {
+        border-radius: 2px 2px 0 0;
+      }
+
+      &:last-child {
+        border-radius: 0 0 2px 2px;
+      }
     }
   }
 
@@ -56,27 +75,25 @@ levelbar {
 
     // level bar colours
     > block {
-      border: 1px solid;
-
       &.low {
-        border-color: $warning_color;
         background-color: $warning_color;
       }
 
       &.high,
       &:not(.empty) {
-        border-color: $selected_bg_color;
         background-color: $selected_bg_color;
       }
 
       &.full {
-        border-color: $success_color;
         background-color: $success_color;
       }
 
       &.empty {
-        background-color: darken($bg_color, 5%);
-        border-color: darken($bg_color, 5%);
+        background-color: transparentize($text_color, .85);
+
+        @if $contrast == "high" {
+          box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 1px $borders_color;
+        }
       }
     }
   }