diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/dashboard/components/nativeFilters/FilterBar/ActionButtons/index.tsx b/superset-frontend/src/dashboard/components/nativeFilters/FilterBar/ActionButtons/index.tsx
index 55d4783a6e89..d94885b1c970 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/dashboard/components/nativeFilters/FilterBar/ActionButtons/index.tsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/dashboard/components/nativeFilters/FilterBar/ActionButtons/index.tsx
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import {
 import Button from 'src/components/Button';
 import { isNullish } from 'src/utils/common';
 import { OPEN_FILTER_BAR_WIDTH } from 'src/dashboard/constants';
+import { rgba } from 'emotion-rgba';
 import { getFilterBarTestId } from '../index';
 
 interface ActionButtonsProps {
@@ -53,7 +54,10 @@ const ActionButtonsContainer = styled.div`
     padding: ${theme.gridUnit * 4}px;
     padding-top: ${theme.gridUnit * 6}px;
 
-    background: linear-gradient(transparent, white 25%);
+    background: linear-gradient(
+      ${rgba(theme.colors.grayscale.light5, 0)},
+      ${theme.colors.grayscale.light5} ${theme.opacity.mediumLight}
+    );
 
     pointer-events: none;
 
diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/ControlPanelsContainer.tsx b/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/ControlPanelsContainer.tsx
index 98d80275f697..ef9517e4ddf8 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/ControlPanelsContainer.tsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/ControlPanelsContainer.tsx
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ import { ExplorePageState } from 'src/explore/reducers/getInitialState';
 import { ChartState } from 'src/explore/types';
 import { Tooltip } from 'src/components/Tooltip';
 
+import { rgba } from 'emotion-rgba';
 import ControlRow from './ControlRow';
 import Control from './Control';
 import { ExploreAlert } from './ExploreAlert';
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ const actionButtonsContainerStyles = (theme: SupersetTheme) => css`
   padding: ${theme.gridUnit * 4}px;
   z-index: 999;
   background: linear-gradient(
-    transparent,
+    ${rgba(theme.colors.grayscale.light5, 0)},
     ${theme.colors.grayscale.light5} ${theme.opacity.mediumLight}
   );