diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_timeseries/public/metrics_type.ts b/src/plugins/vis_type_timeseries/public/metrics_type.ts
index 3562684a0b1b..ed3ea21c25e2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_timeseries/public/metrics_type.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_type_timeseries/public/metrics_type.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 
 import { i18n } from '@osd/i18n';
 
+import { euiPaletteColorBlind } from '@elastic/eui';
 // @ts-ignore
 import { metricsRequestHandler } from './request_handler';
 import { EditorController } from './application';
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ export const metricsVisDefinition = {
       series: [
         {
           id: '61ca57f1-469d-11e7-af02-69e470af7417',
-          color: '#68BC00',
+          color: euiPaletteColorBlind()[0],
           split_mode: 'everything',
           split_color_mode: 'opensearchDashboards',
           metrics: [