diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 876edeb4b6..4803e78919 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 - `MouseScrollUp` and `MouseScrollDown` now inherit from `MouseEvent` and have attached modifier keys. https://github.com/Textualize/textual/pull/1458
 
+### Fixed
+
+- The styles `scrollbar-background-active` and `scrollbar-color-hover` are no longer ignored https://github.com/Textualize/textual/pull/1480
+
 ## [0.9.1] - 2022-12-30
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/src/textual/scrollbar.py b/src/textual/scrollbar.py
index 917e36a69e..f9db9c71b0 100644
--- a/src/textual/scrollbar.py
+++ b/src/textual/scrollbar.py
@@ -225,14 +225,15 @@ def __rich_repr__(self) -> rich.repr.Result:
 
     def render(self) -> RenderableType:
         styles = self.parent.styles
-        background = (
-            styles.scrollbar_background_hover
-            if self.mouse_over
-            else styles.scrollbar_background
-        )
-        color = (
-            styles.scrollbar_color_active if self.grabbed else styles.scrollbar_color
-        )
+        if self.grabbed:
+            background = styles.scrollbar_background_active
+            color = styles.scrollbar_color_active
+        elif self.mouse_over:
+            background = styles.scrollbar_background_hover
+            color = styles.scrollbar_color_hover
+        else:
+            background = styles.scrollbar_background
+            color = styles.scrollbar_color
         color = background + color
         scrollbar_style = Style.from_color(color.rich_color, background.rich_color)
         return ScrollBarRender(
diff --git a/src/textual/widget.py b/src/textual/widget.py
index 389c3b996c..65ff0bc0d5 100644
--- a/src/textual/widget.py
+++ b/src/textual/widget.py
@@ -190,8 +190,10 @@ class Widget(DOMNode):
     Widget{
         scrollbar-background: $panel-darken-1;
         scrollbar-background-hover: $panel-darken-2;
+        scrollbar-background-active: $panel-darken-3;
         scrollbar-color: $primary-lighten-1;
         scrollbar-color-active: $warning-darken-1;
+        scrollbar-color-hover: $primary-lighten-1;
         scrollbar-corner-color: $panel-darken-1;
         scrollbar-size-vertical: 2;
         scrollbar-size-horizontal: 1;