diff --git a/app/views/groups/projects.html.haml b/app/views/groups/projects.html.haml
index bf44e75e7c1..d06cfa7ff9f 100644
--- a/app/views/groups/projects.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/groups/projects.html.haml
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
     - @projects.each do |project|
       %li
         .list-item-name
-          = visibility_level_icon(project.visibility_level)
+          %span{ class: visibility_level_color(project.visibility_level) }
+            = visibility_level_icon(project.visibility_level)
           %strong= link_to project.name_with_namespace, project
         .pull-right
           - if project.archived