diff --git a/ui/src/shared/components/SingleStat.js b/ui/src/shared/components/SingleStat.js
index cd2d0f7d9f..623a48dbd0 100644
--- a/ui/src/shared/components/SingleStat.js
+++ b/ui/src/shared/components/SingleStat.js
@@ -5,10 +5,7 @@ import lastValues from 'shared/parsing/lastValues'
 
 import {SMALL_CELL_HEIGHT} from 'shared/graphs/helpers'
 import {SINGLE_STAT_TEXT} from 'src/dashboards/constants/gaugeColors'
-import {isBackgroundLight} from 'shared/constants/colorOperations'
-
-const darkText = '#292933'
-const lightText = '#ffffff'
+import {generateSingleStatHexs} from 'shared/constants/colorOperations'
 
 class SingleStat extends PureComponent {
   render() {
@@ -32,38 +29,16 @@ class SingleStat extends PureComponent {
     }
 
     const lastValue = lastValues(data)[1]
-
     const precision = 100.0
     const roundedValue = Math.round(+lastValue * precision) / precision
-    let bgColor = null
-    let textColor = null
+    const colorizeText = _.some(colors, {type: SINGLE_STAT_TEXT})
 
-    if (colors.length === 1) {
-      if (colors[0].type === SINGLE_STAT_TEXT) {
-        textColor = colors[0].hex
-      } else {
-        bgColor = colors[0].hex
-        textColor = isBackgroundLight(bgColor) ? darkText : lightText
-      }
-    } else if (colors.length > 1) {
-      const sortedColors = _.sortBy(colors, color => Number(color.value))
-      const nearestCrossedThreshold = sortedColors
-        .filter(color => lastValue > color.value)
-        .pop()
-
-      const colorizeText = _.some(colors, {type: SINGLE_STAT_TEXT})
-
-      if (colorizeText) {
-        textColor = nearestCrossedThreshold
-          ? nearestCrossedThreshold.hex
-          : '#292933'
-      } else {
-        bgColor = nearestCrossedThreshold
-          ? nearestCrossedThreshold.hex
-          : '#292933'
-        textColor = isBackgroundLight(bgColor) ? darkText : lightText
-      }
-    }
+    const {bgColor, textColor} = generateSingleStatHexs(
+      colors,
+      lineGraph,
+      colorizeText,
+      lastValue
+    )
 
     return (
       <div
diff --git a/ui/src/shared/constants/colorOperations.js b/ui/src/shared/constants/colorOperations.js
index 89258f6bf6..cc3aa25e42 100644
--- a/ui/src/shared/constants/colorOperations.js
+++ b/ui/src/shared/constants/colorOperations.js
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+import _ from 'lodash'
+import {
+  GAUGE_COLORS,
+  SINGLE_STAT_BASE,
+} from 'src/dashboards/constants/gaugeColors'
+
 const hexToRgb = hex => {
   const result = /^#?([a-f\d]{2})([a-f\d]{2})([a-f\d]{2})$/i.exec(hex)
   return result
@@ -16,9 +22,91 @@ const averageRgbValues = valuesObject => {
 
 const trueNeutralGrey = 128
 
-export const isBackgroundLight = backgroundColor => {
-  const averageBackground = averageRgbValues(hexToRgb(backgroundColor))
-  const isLight = averageBackground > trueNeutralGrey
+const getLegibleTextColor = bgColorHex => {
+  const averageBackground = averageRgbValues(hexToRgb(bgColorHex))
+  const isBackgroundLight = averageBackground > trueNeutralGrey
 
-  return isLight
+  const darkText = '#292933'
+  const lightText = '#ffffff'
+
+  return isBackgroundLight ? darkText : lightText
+}
+
+const findNearestCrossedThreshold = (colors, lastValue) => {
+  const sortedColors = _.sortBy(colors, color => Number(color.value))
+  const nearestCrossedThreshold = sortedColors
+    .filter(color => lastValue > color.value)
+    .pop()
+
+  return nearestCrossedThreshold
+}
+
+export const generateSingleStatHexs = (
+  colors,
+  containsLineGraph,
+  colorizeText,
+  lastValue
+) => {
+  const defaultColoring = {bgColor: null, textColor: GAUGE_COLORS[11].hex}
+
+  if (!colors & containsLineGraph) {
+    return defaultColoring
+  }
+
+  // baseColor is expected in all cases
+  const baseColor = colors.find(color => (color.id = SINGLE_STAT_BASE))
+
+  // If the single stat is above a line graph never have a background color
+  if (containsLineGraph) {
+    return baseColor
+      ? {bgColor: null, textColor: baseColor.hex}
+      : defaultColoring
+  }
+
+  // When there is only a base color and it's applied to the text
+  if (colorizeText && colors.length === 1) {
+    return baseColor
+      ? {bgColor: null, textColor: baseColor.hex}
+      : defaultColoring
+  }
+
+  // When there's multiple colors and they're applied to the text
+  if (colorizeText && colors.length > 1) {
+    const nearestCrossedThreshold = findNearestCrossedThreshold(
+      colors,
+      lastValue
+    )
+    const bgColor = null
+    const textColor = nearestCrossedThreshold.hex
+
+    return {bgColor, textColor}
+  }
+
+  // When there is only a base color and it's applued to the background
+  if (colors.length === 1) {
+    const bgColor = baseColor.hex
+    const textColor = getLegibleTextColor(bgColor)
+
+    return {bgColor, textColor}
+  }
+
+  // When there are multiple colors and they're applied to the background
+  if (colors.length > 1) {
+    const nearestCrossedThreshold = findNearestCrossedThreshold(
+      colors,
+      lastValue
+    )
+
+    const bgColor = nearestCrossedThreshold
+      ? nearestCrossedThreshold.hex
+      : baseColor.hex
+    const textColor = getLegibleTextColor(bgColor)
+
+    return {bgColor, textColor}
+  }
+
+  // If all else fails, use safe default
+  const bgColor = null
+  const textColor = baseColor.hex
+  return {bgColor, textColor}
 }