diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 02cab41803..1542fe4ab5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ Align ‘Warning text’ icon with first line of the content fixing [#1352](http
 - [Pull request #1589: Remove role="button" from header button](https://github.com/alphagov/govuk-frontend/pull/1589)
 - [Pull request #1595: Do not output conditionally revealed content for radios or checkboxes when it's empty](https://github.com/alphagov/govuk-frontend/pull/1595)
 - [Pull request #1594: Refactor handling of count message in character count Javascript](https://github.com/alphagov/govuk-frontend/pull/1594)
+- [Pull request #1609: Update hex value for secondary text to improve contrast](https://github.com/alphagov/govuk-frontend/pull/1609)
 
 ## 3.2.0 (Feature release)
 
diff --git a/src/govuk/settings/_colours-palette.scss b/src/govuk/settings/_colours-palette.scss
index eb78906987..4737613e39 100644
--- a/src/govuk/settings/_colours-palette.scss
+++ b/src/govuk/settings/_colours-palette.scss
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ $_govuk-colour-palette-modern: (
   "purple": #4c2c92,
 
   "black": #0b0c0c,
-  "dark-grey": #6f777b,
+  "dark-grey": #626a6e,
   "mid-grey": #b1b4b6,
   "light-grey": #f3f2f1,
   "white": #ffffff,