diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/basic/drone/drone_say.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/basic/drone/drone_say.dm
index 3a006d8d1b2..ce33b2ca883 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/basic/drone/drone_say.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/basic/drone/drone_say.dm
@@ -48,4 +48,4 @@
 /mob/living/basic/drone/proc/drone_chat(message, list/spans = list(), list/message_mods = list())
 	log_sayverb_talk(message, message_mods, tag = "drone chat")
 	var/message_part = generate_messagepart(message, spans, message_mods)
-	alert_drones("<i>Drone Chat: [span_name("[name]")] <span class='message'>[message_part]</span></i>", TRUE)
+	alert_drones(span_drone("Drone Chat: [span_name("[name]")] [span_message(message_part)]"), TRUE)
diff --git a/interface/stylesheet.dm b/interface/stylesheet.dm
index 65fda5e4237..99d1f4443f9 100644
--- a/interface/stylesheet.dm
+++ b/interface/stylesheet.dm
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ h1.alert, h2.alert		{color: #000000;}
 .abductor				{color: #800080;	font-style: italic;}
 .mind_control			{color: #A00D6F;	font-size: 3;	font-weight: bold;	font-style: italic;}
 .slime					{color: #00CED1;}
-.drone					{color: #848482;}
+.drone					{color: #ffff00;	background-color: #7c2395;	font-style: italic;}
 .monkey					{color: #975032;}
 .swarmer				{color: #2C75FF;}
 .resonate				{color: #298F85;}
diff --git a/tgui/packages/tgui-panel/styles/tgchat/chat-dark.scss b/tgui/packages/tgui-panel/styles/tgchat/chat-dark.scss
index 2d12e53226a..7ee73aa6e1a 100644
--- a/tgui/packages/tgui-panel/styles/tgchat/chat-dark.scss
+++ b/tgui/packages/tgui-panel/styles/tgchat/chat-dark.scss
@@ -925,7 +925,9 @@ em {
 }
 
 .drone {
-  color: hsl(60, 0.8%, 51.4%);
+  color: hsl(60, 100%, 50%);
+  background-color: hsl(287 62% 36%);
+  font-style: italic;
 }
 
 .monkey {
diff --git a/tgui/packages/tgui-panel/styles/tgchat/chat-light.scss b/tgui/packages/tgui-panel/styles/tgchat/chat-light.scss
index 6484acc54f8..4962b2f7c0d 100644
--- a/tgui/packages/tgui-panel/styles/tgchat/chat-light.scss
+++ b/tgui/packages/tgui-panel/styles/tgchat/chat-light.scss
@@ -929,7 +929,9 @@ h2.alert {
 }
 
 .drone {
-  color: hsl(60, 0.8%, 51.4%);
+  color: hsl(60 100% 50%);
+  background-color: hsl(287 62% 36%);
+  font-style: italic;
 }
 
 .monkey {