diff --git a/scss/_list-group.scss b/scss/_list-group.scss
index 2193168c52fd..7daa9f10d835 100644
--- a/scss/_list-group.scss
+++ b/scss/_list-group.scss
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
   $list-group-background: shift-color($value, $list-group-item-bg-scale);
   $list-group-color: shift-color($value, $list-group-item-color-scale);
   @if (contrast-ratio($list-group-background, $list-group-color) < $min-contrast-ratio) {
-    $list-group-color: mix($value, color-contrast($list-group-background), abs($alert-color-scale));
+    $list-group-color: mix($value, color-contrast($list-group-background), abs($list-group-item-color-scale));
   }
 
   @include list-group-item-variant($state, $list-group-background, $list-group-color);