diff --git a/phpBB/includes/page_header.php b/phpBB/includes/page_header.php
index 5c59f0b2a8..ce1684b1a8 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/page_header.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/page_header.php
@@ -128,12 +128,12 @@ while( $row = $db->sql_fetchrow($result) )
 			if( $row['user_level'] == ADMIN )
 			{
 				$row['username'] = '<b>' . $row['username'] . '</b>';
-				$style_color = 'style="color:' . $theme['fontcolor3'] . '"';
+				$style_color = 'style="color:#' . $theme['fontcolor3'] . '"';
 			}
 			else if( $row['user_level'] == MOD )
 			{
 				$row['username'] = '<b>' . $row['username'] . '</b>';
-				$style_color = 'style="color:' . $theme['fontcolor2'] . '"';
+				$style_color = 'style="color:#' . $theme['fontcolor2'] . '"';
 			}
 
 			if( $row['user_allow_viewonline'] )