diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/canvas/public/components/border_resize_handle/border_resize_handle.scss b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/canvas/public/components/border_resize_handle/border_resize_handle.scss
index 244434febeea8..4913a599b07f7 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/canvas/public/components/border_resize_handle/border_resize_handle.scss
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/canvas/public/components/border_resize_handle/border_resize_handle.scss
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 .canvasBorderResizeHandle {
+  @include euiSlightShadow;
   transform-origin: center center; /* the default, only for clarity */
   transform-style: preserve-3d;
   display: block;
@@ -9,5 +10,4 @@
   margin-top: -4px;
   background-color: $euiColorEmptyShade;
   border: 1px solid $euiColorDarkShade;
-  box-shadow: 0 2px 2px -1px transparentize($euiColorMediumShade, .7), 0 1px 5px -2px transparentize($euiColorMediumShade, .7);
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/canvas/public/components/fullscreen/fullscreen.scss b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/canvas/public/components/fullscreen/fullscreen.scss
index 766978c095109..1373f0076b1d7 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/canvas/public/components/fullscreen/fullscreen.scss
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/canvas/public/components/fullscreen/fullscreen.scss
@@ -11,9 +11,8 @@
   }
 
   // set the background color
-  // This hex is OK, we always want it black
   .canvasLayout {
-    background: #000; // sass-lint:disable-line no-color-literals
+    background: $euiColorInk;
   }
 
   // hide all the interface parts