diff --git a/static/app/components/sidebar/index.tsx b/static/app/components/sidebar/index.tsx
index d2dae4e2fbef91..886c3ef4ffa582 100644
--- a/static/app/components/sidebar/index.tsx
+++ b/static/app/components/sidebar/index.tsx
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import {space} from 'sentry/styles/space';
 import {Organization} from 'sentry/types';
 import {isDemoWalkthrough} from 'sentry/utils/demoMode';
 import {getDiscoverLandingUrl} from 'sentry/utils/discover/urls';
+import {isActiveSuperuser} from 'sentry/utils/isActiveSuperuser';
 import theme from 'sentry/utils/theme';
 import {useLocation} from 'sentry/utils/useLocation';
 import useMedia from 'sentry/utils/useMedia';
@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@ function Sidebar({organization}: Props) {
 
   const collapsed = !!preferences.collapsed;
   const horizontal = useMedia(`(max-width: ${theme.breakpoints.medium})`);
+  const hasSuperuserSession = isActiveSuperuser(organization);
 
   useOpenOnboardingSidebar();
 
@@ -497,7 +499,11 @@ function Sidebar({organization}: Props) {
   );
 
   return (
-    <SidebarWrapper aria-label={t('Primary Navigation')} collapsed={collapsed}>
+    <SidebarWrapper
+      aria-label={t('Primary Navigation')}
+      collapsed={collapsed}
+      isSuperuser={hasSuperuserSession}
+    >
       <SidebarSectionGroupPrimary>
         <SidebarSection>
           <SidebarDropdown
@@ -634,9 +640,10 @@ const responsiveFlex = css`
   }
 `;
 
-export const SidebarWrapper = styled('nav')<{collapsed: boolean}>`
-  background: ${p => p.theme.sidebarGradient};
-  color: ${p => p.theme.sidebar.color};
+export const SidebarWrapper = styled('nav')<{collapsed: boolean; isSuperuser?: boolean}>`
+  background: ${p =>
+    p.isSuperuser ? p.theme.superuserSidebar : p.theme.sidebarGradient};
+  color: ${p => (p.isSuperuser ? 'white' : p.theme.sidebar.color)};
   line-height: 1;
   padding: 12px 0 2px; /* Allows for 32px avatars  */
   width: ${p => p.theme.sidebar[p.collapsed ? 'collapsedWidth' : 'expandedWidth']};
diff --git a/static/app/constants/index.tsx b/static/app/constants/index.tsx
index 5cce66adb6c0a8..917e004633245d 100644
--- a/static/app/constants/index.tsx
+++ b/static/app/constants/index.tsx
@@ -54,6 +54,29 @@ export const API_ACCESS_SCOPES = [
   'team:write',
 ] as const;
 
+export const ALLOWED_SCOPES = [
+  'alerts:read',
+  'alerts:write',
+  'event:admin',
+  'event:read',
+  'event:write',
+  'member:admin',
+  'member:read',
+  'member:write',
+  'org:admin',
+  'org:integrations',
+  'org:read',
+  'org:superuser', // not an assignable API access scope
+  'org:write',
+  'project:admin',
+  'project:read',
+  'project:releases',
+  'project:write',
+  'team:admin',
+  'team:read',
+  'team:write',
+] as const;
+
 // These should only be used in the case where we cannot obtain roles through
 // the members endpoint (primarily in cases where a user is admining a
 // different organization they are not a OrganizationMember of ).
diff --git a/static/app/types/core.tsx b/static/app/types/core.tsx
index efba874626bad7..e432be3cc27f0e 100644
--- a/static/app/types/core.tsx
+++ b/static/app/types/core.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  */
 import type {getInterval} from 'sentry/components/charts/utils';
 import {MenuListItemProps} from 'sentry/components/menuListItem';
-import type {API_ACCESS_SCOPES} from 'sentry/constants';
+import type {ALLOWED_SCOPES} from 'sentry/constants';
 
 /**
  * Visual representation of a project/team/organization/user
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export type Actor = {
   email?: string;
 };
 
-export type Scope = (typeof API_ACCESS_SCOPES)[number];
+export type Scope = (typeof ALLOWED_SCOPES)[number];
 
 export type DateString = Date | string | null;
 
diff --git a/static/app/utils/isActiveSuperuser.tsx b/static/app/utils/isActiveSuperuser.tsx
index 6a5321a4c647ce..c14b79391fd8aa 100644
--- a/static/app/utils/isActiveSuperuser.tsx
+++ b/static/app/utils/isActiveSuperuser.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import Cookies from 'js-cookie';
 
 import ConfigStore from 'sentry/stores/configStore';
+import {Organization} from 'sentry/types/organization';
 
 const SUPERUSER_COOKIE_NAME = window.superUserCookieName ?? 'su';
 const SUPERUSER_COOKIE_DOMAIN = window.superUserCookieDomain;
@@ -15,7 +16,11 @@ const SUPERUSER_COOKIE_DOMAIN = window.superUserCookieDomain;
  *
  * Documented here: https://getsentry.atlassian.net/browse/ER-1602
  */
-export function isActiveSuperuser() {
+export function isActiveSuperuser(organization?: Organization) {
+  if (organization) {
+    return organization.access.includes('org:superuser');
+  }
+
   const {isSuperuser} = ConfigStore.get('user') || {};
 
   if (isSuperuser) {
diff --git a/static/app/utils/theme.tsx b/static/app/utils/theme.tsx
index 622b1a475f7e8c..b1287df7ba8eae 100644
--- a/static/app/utils/theme.tsx
+++ b/static/app/utils/theme.tsx
@@ -946,6 +946,7 @@ export const lightTheme = {
   },
   sidebarGradient: `linear-gradient(294.17deg,${sidebarBackground.light} 35.57%,#452650 92.42%,#452650 92.42%)`,
   sidebarBorder: 'transparent',
+  superuserSidebar: '#880808',
 };
 
 export const darkTheme: Theme = {
@@ -973,6 +974,7 @@ export const darkTheme: Theme = {
   },
   sidebarGradient: `linear-gradient(180deg, ${sidebarBackground.dark} 0%, #1B1825 100%)`,
   sidebarBorder: darkAliases.border,
+  superuserSidebar: '#620808',
 };
 
 type Theme = typeof lightTheme;