diff --git a/ui/src/shared/components/PersistentLegend.js b/ui/src/shared/components/PersistentLegend.js
index 18e0b11063..76b78e9db3 100644
--- a/ui/src/shared/components/PersistentLegend.js
+++ b/ui/src/shared/components/PersistentLegend.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ const persistentLegendItemClassname = (visibilities, i) => {
     return `persistent-legend--item${visibilities[i] ? '' : ' disabled'}`
   }
 
+  // all series are visible to match expected initial state
   return 'persistent-legend--item'
 }
 
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ class PersistentLegend extends Component {
     const {visibilities} = this.state
     const labels = dygraph ? _.drop(dygraph.getLabels()) : []
 
+    /* Add style={{color: seriesColor}} to <div> & <span> below */
     return (
       <div className="persistent-legend" style={style}>
         {_.map(labels, (v, i) =>
@@ -53,7 +55,13 @@ class PersistentLegend extends Component {
             key={uuid.v4()}
             onClick={this.handleClick(i)}
           >
-            {removeMeasurement(v)}
+            <div
+              className="persistent-legend--dot"
+              style={{backgroundColor: '#00C9FF'}}
+            />
+            <span style={{color: '#00C9FF'}}>
+              {removeMeasurement(v)}
+            </span>
           </div>
         )}
       </div>
diff --git a/ui/src/style/components/persistent-legend.scss b/ui/src/style/components/persistent-legend.scss
index 060a6880a0..49cfc7dce8 100644
--- a/ui/src/style/components/persistent-legend.scss
+++ b/ui/src/style/components/persistent-legend.scss
@@ -9,7 +9,15 @@
   display: flex;
   align-items: flex-end;
 }
-
+.persistent-legend--dot {
+  display: inline-block;
+  vertical-align: middle;
+  margin-right: 4px;
+  width: 8px;
+  height: 8px;
+  border-radius: 50%;
+  background-color: $g20-white;
+}
 .persistent-legend--item {
   height: 22px;
   line-height: 22px;
@@ -18,25 +26,41 @@
   transition:
     background-color 0.25s ease,
     color 0.25s ease;
-  color: $g13-mist;
+  color: $g20-white;
   font-size: 12px;
   font-weight: 600;
   padding: 0 7px;
   margin-right: 2px;
 
+  span,
+  .persistent-legend--dot {
+    opacity: 0.8;
+    transition: opacity 0.25s ease;
+  }
+
   &:hover {
     cursor: pointer;
-    color: $g20-white;
     background-color: $g6-smoke;
+
+    span,
+    .persistent-legend--dot {opacity: 1;}
   }
   &.disabled {
     background-color: $g1-raven;
-    color: $g9-mountain;
     font-style: italic;
 
+    span,
+    .persistent-legend--dot {
+      opacity: 0.35;
+    }
+
     &:hover {
       background-color: $g2-kevlar;
-      color: $g13-mist;
+
+      span,
+      .persistent-legend--dot {
+        opacity: 0.65;
+      }
     }
   }
 }