diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a74ae27f3d9..317da3ba8ba 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ## [`master`](https://github.com/elastic/eui/tree/master)
 
-No public interface changes since `9.1.0`.
+- Adjusted the dark theme palette a bit more and adjusted a few components ([#1700](https://github.com/elastic/eui/pull/1700))
+
 
 ## [`9.1.0`](https://github.com/elastic/eui/tree/v9.1.0)
 
@@ -14,8 +15,10 @@ No public interface changes since `9.1.0`.
 - Added `.eui-fullWidth` utility class ([#1665](https://github.com/elastic/eui/pull/1665))
 - Added `EuiPopoverFooter` and converted `EuiPopoverTitle` to TS ([#1666](https://github.com/elastic/eui/pull/1666))
 - Converted `EuiLoadingSpinner`, `EuiLoadingKibana`, and `EuiLoadingChart` to TS ([#1683](https://github.com/elastic/eui/pull/1683))
-- Added button to `EuiSuperDatePicker`'s “Now” tab to trigger the "now" time selection ([#1620](https://github.com/elastic/eui/pull/1620))
 
+**Bug fixes**
+
+- Added button to `EuiSuperDatePicker`'s “Now” tab to trigger the "now" time selection ([#1620](https://github.com/elastic/eui/pull/1620))
 - Fixed floating point arithmetic bug in `EuiRangeTrack`'s value validation ([#1687](https://github.com/elastic/eui/pull/1687))
 - Fixed `EuiComboBox` `activeOptonIndex` error with empty search results ([#1695](https://github.com/elastic/eui/pull/1695))
 - Fixed IE11 rendering issue in `EuiLoadingKibana` ([#1683](https://github.com/elastic/eui/pull/1683))
diff --git a/src/components/badge/_badge.scss b/src/components/badge/_badge.scss
index f2cd4ed31db..3e8bdb3c170 100644
--- a/src/components/badge/_badge.scss
+++ b/src/components/badge/_badge.scss
@@ -62,11 +62,11 @@
 // Modifier naming and colors.
 $badgeTypes: (
   default: $euiColorLightShade,
-  primary: lighten(desaturate($euiColorPrimary, 30%), 30%),
-  secondary: lighten(desaturate($euiColorSecondary, 40%), 40%),
-  warning: lighten(desaturate($euiColorWarning, 30%), 20%),
-  danger: lighten(desaturate($euiColorDanger, 0%), 30%),
-  accent: lighten(desaturate($euiColorAccent, 40%), 40%),
+  primary: tintOrShade(desaturate($euiColorPrimary, 30%), 30%, 10%),
+  secondary: tintOrShade(desaturate($euiColorSecondary, 40%), 40%, 0%),
+  warning: tintOrShade(desaturate($euiColorWarning, 30%), 20%, 0%),
+  danger: tintOrShade(desaturate($euiColorDanger, 0%), 30%, 10%),
+  accent: tintOrShade(desaturate($euiColorAccent, 40%), 40%, 0%),
 );
 
 @each $name, $color in $badgeTypes {
diff --git a/src/components/badge/notification_badge/_notification_badge.scss b/src/components/badge/notification_badge/_notification_badge.scss
index 598ac182b64..d31f1accfc3 100644
--- a/src/components/badge/notification_badge/_notification_badge.scss
+++ b/src/components/badge/notification_badge/_notification_badge.scss
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   display: inline-block;
   border-radius: $euiBorderRadius;
   background: $euiColorAccent;
-  color: lightOrDarkTheme($euiColorEmptyShade, $euiColorFullShade);
+  color: $euiColorEmptyShade;
   font-size: $euiFontSizeXS;
   font-weight: $euiFontWeightMedium;
   line-height: $euiSize;
diff --git a/src/components/bottom_bar/_bottom_bar.scss b/src/components/bottom_bar/_bottom_bar.scss
index 296420603bb..07a3587de04 100644
--- a/src/components/bottom_bar/_bottom_bar.scss
+++ b/src/components/bottom_bar/_bottom_bar.scss
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 .euiBottomBar {
-  background: tintOrShade($euiColorFullShade, 25%, 90%);
+  @include euiBottomShadowFlat($euiShadowColorLarge);
+  background: tintOrShade($euiColorFullShade, 25%, 100%);
   color: $euiColorEmptyShade;
   position: fixed;
   bottom: 0;
diff --git a/src/components/call_out/_mixins.scss b/src/components/call_out/_mixins.scss
index d1d792a26fc..10b644a3d8e 100644
--- a/src/components/call_out/_mixins.scss
+++ b/src/components/call_out/_mixins.scss
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   @if (map-has-key($euiCallOutTypes, $type)) {
     $color: map-get($euiCallOutTypes, $type);
     $backgroundColor: tintOrShade($color, 90%, 70%);
-    $foregroundColor: makeHighContrastColor($color, $backgroundColor);
+    $foregroundColor: shadeOrTint(makeHighContrastColor($color, $backgroundColor), 0, 20%);
 
     @if ($returnBackgroundOrForeground == 'background') {
       @return $backgroundColor;
diff --git a/src/components/loading/_loading_chart.scss b/src/components/loading/_loading_chart.scss
index 3e5f28f949a..380638279b2 100644
--- a/src/components/loading/_loading_chart.scss
+++ b/src/components/loading/_loading_chart.scss
@@ -41,15 +41,15 @@
     }
 
     &:nth-child(2) {
-      background-color: darken($euiColorLightShade, 4%);
+      background-color: shadeOrTint($euiColorLightShade, 4%, 4%);
     }
 
     &:nth-child(3) {
-      background-color: darken($euiColorLightShade, 8%);
+      background-color: shadeOrTint($euiColorLightShade, 8%, 8%);
     }
 
     &:nth-child(4) {
-      background-color: darken($euiColorLightShade, 12%);
+      background-color: shadeOrTint($euiColorLightShade, 12%, 12%);
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/components/side_nav/_side_nav_item.scss b/src/components/side_nav/_side_nav_item.scss
index feaa56bfa61..437a8325d14 100644
--- a/src/components/side_nav/_side_nav_item.scss
+++ b/src/components/side_nav/_side_nav_item.scss
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   color: $euiColorFullShade; /* 2 */
 
   &.euiSideNavItemButton--isClickable {
-    &:hover {
+    &:hover .euiSideNavItemButton__label {
       text-decoration: underline;
     }
 
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
     &:focus {
       // sass-lint:disable-block no-important
       background-color: $euiFocusBackgroundColor !important;
-      color: $euiColorPrimary !important;
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/components/stat/stat.js b/src/components/stat/stat.js
index 363bcb92c7f..eb84d6f9017 100644
--- a/src/components/stat/stat.js
+++ b/src/components/stat/stat.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { EuiTitle, TITLE_SIZES } from '../title/title';
 
 const colorToClassNameMap = {
   default: null,
-  subdued: 'euiStat__title--dark',
+  subdued: 'euiStat__title--subdued',
   primary: 'euiStat__title--primary',
   secondary: 'euiStat__title--secondary',
   danger: 'euiStat__title--danger',
diff --git a/src/components/tool_tip/_mixins.scss b/src/components/tool_tip/_mixins.scss
index 1600e4b361e..420044cc514 100644
--- a/src/components/tool_tip/_mixins.scss
+++ b/src/components/tool_tip/_mixins.scss
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 @mixin euiToolTipStyle($size: null) {
   @include euiBottomShadow($color: #000);
   border-radius: $euiBorderRadius;
-  background-color: tintOrShade($euiColorFullShade, 25%, 90%);
+  background-color: $euiTooltipBackgroundColor;
   color: $euiColorGhost;
   z-index: $euiZLevel9;
   max-width: 256px;
diff --git a/src/components/tool_tip/_tool_tip.scss b/src/components/tool_tip/_tool_tip.scss
index 833088108db..4b817432b50 100644
--- a/src/components/tool_tip/_tool_tip.scss
+++ b/src/components/tool_tip/_tool_tip.scss
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     position: absolute;
     transform-origin: center;
     border-radius: 2px;
-    background-color: tintOrShade($euiColorFullShade, 25%, 90%);
+    background-color: $euiTooltipBackgroundColor;
     width: $arrowSize;
     height: $arrowSize;
 
diff --git a/src/components/tool_tip/_variables.scss b/src/components/tool_tip/_variables.scss
index 300f5678a58..75dcdadd2e7 100644
--- a/src/components/tool_tip/_variables.scss
+++ b/src/components/tool_tip/_variables.scss
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+$euiTooltipBackgroundColor: tintOrShade($euiColorFullShade, 25%, 100%);
+
 $euiTooltipAnimations: (
   top: euiToolTipTop,
   left: euiToolTipBottom,
diff --git a/src/themes/eui/eui_colors_dark.scss b/src/themes/eui/eui_colors_dark.scss
index 853e201186c..caa396563a4 100644
--- a/src/themes/eui/eui_colors_dark.scss
+++ b/src/themes/eui/eui_colors_dark.scss
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ $euiColorGhost: #FFF;
 
 // Status
 $euiColorSuccess: $euiColorSecondary;
-$euiColorWarning: #FF977A;
+$euiColorWarning: #FFCE7A;
 $euiColorDanger: #F66;
 
 // Grays
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ $euiColorEmptyShade: #1D1E24;
 $euiColorLightestShade: #25262E;
 $euiColorLightShade: #343741;
 $euiColorMediumShade: #535966;
-$euiColorDarkShade: #D4DAE5;
-$euiColorDarkestShade: #F5F7FA;
+$euiColorDarkShade: #98A2B3;
+$euiColorDarkestShade: #D4DAE5;
 $euiColorFullShade: #FFF;
 
 // Variations from core