diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.ui.workbench/Eclipse UI/org/eclipse/ui/internal/themes/RGBBrightnessColorFactory.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.ui.workbench/Eclipse UI/org/eclipse/ui/internal/themes/RGBBrightnessColorFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7debcf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.ui.workbench/Eclipse UI/org/eclipse/ui/internal/themes/RGBBrightnessColorFactory.java	
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2013 IBM Corporation and others.
+ * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ *
+ * Contributors:
+ *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
+ ******************************************************************************/
+
+package org.eclipse.ui.internal.themes;
+
+import java.util.Hashtable;
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException;
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IConfigurationElement;
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IExecutableExtension;
+import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.RGB;
+import org.eclipse.ui.themes.ColorUtil;
+import org.eclipse.ui.themes.IColorFactory;
+
+/**
+ * @since 4.2
+ * 
+ */
+public class RGBBrightnessColorFactory implements IColorFactory, IExecutableExtension {
+
+	String color, scaleFactor;
+
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.eclipse.ui.themes.IColorFactory#createColor()
+	 */
+	public RGB createColor() {
+		RGB finalRGB = new RGB(0, 0, 0);
+		try {
+		if (color != null && scaleFactor != null) {
+				RGB rgb = ColorUtil.getColorValue(color);
+			float scale = Float.parseFloat(scaleFactor);
+			float[] hsb = rgb.getHSB();
+				hsb[2] *= scale;
+			if (hsb[2] < 0)
+				hsb[2] = 0;
+			if (hsb[2] > 255)
+				hsb[2] = 255;
+				finalRGB = new RGB(hsb[0], hsb[1], hsb[2]);
+		}
+		} catch (NumberFormatException ex) {
+		}
+
+		return finalRGB;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * This executable extension requires parameters to be explicitly declared
+	 * via the second method described in the <code>IExecutableExtension</code>
+	 * documentation. This class expects that there will be two parameters,
+	 * <code>color</code> that describe the color to be blended (this values may
+	 * either be RGB triples or SWT constants) and <code>scaleFactor</code>
+	 * which is the brightness scale factor with 1.0 having the same brightness
+	 * as the original color.
+	 * 
+	 * @see org.eclipse.core.runtime.IExecutableExtension#setInitializationData(org.eclipse.core.runtime.IConfigurationElement,
+	 *      java.lang.String, java.lang.Object)
+	 */
+	public void setInitializationData(IConfigurationElement config, String propertyName, Object data)
+			throws CoreException {
+		if (data instanceof Hashtable) {
+			Hashtable table = (Hashtable) data;
+			color = (String) table.get("color"); //$NON-NLS-1$
+			scaleFactor = (String) table.get("scaleFactor"); //$NON-NLS-1$            
+		}
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.ui/plugin.xml b/bundles/org.eclipse.ui/plugin.xml
index 07d785a..a08027e 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.ui/plugin.xml
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.ui/plugin.xml
@@ -1501,18 +1501,29 @@
          </description>
       </colorDefinition>
       <colorDefinition
-            label="%Color.hyperlinkText"
             categoryId="org.eclipse.ui.workbenchMisc"
-            value="COLOR_DARK_BLUE"
-            id="HYPERLINK_COLOR">
+            id="HYPERLINK_COLOR"
+            label="%Color.hyperlinkText">
          <description>
             %Color.hyperlinkTextDesc
          </description>
+         <colorFactory
+               class="org.eclipse.ui.internal.themes.RGBBrightnessColorFactory"
+               plugin="org.eclipse.ui">
+            <parameter
+                  name="color"
+                  value="COLOR_LINK_FOREGROUND">
+            </parameter>
+            <parameter
+                  name="scaleFactor"
+                  value="0.7">
+            </parameter>
+         </colorFactory>
       </colorDefinition>
       <colorDefinition
             label="%Color.activeHyperlinkText"
             categoryId="org.eclipse.ui.workbenchMisc"
-            value="COLOR_BLUE"
+            value="COLOR_LINK_FOREGROUND"
             id="ACTIVE_HYPERLINK_COLOR">
          <description>
             %Color.activeHyperlinkTextDesc