diff --git a/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/ui/Highlight.tsx b/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/ui/Highlight.tsx
index 5889c27dc..65c6cb4cf 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/ui/Highlight.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/ui/Highlight.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
  * @format
  */
 
-import styled from '@emotion/styled';
 import React, {
   useEffect,
   memo,
@@ -19,19 +18,20 @@ import React, {
 import {debounce} from 'lodash';
 import {theme} from './theme';
 
-const Highlighted = styled.span({
-  backgroundColor: theme.searchHighlightBackground,
-});
-
 export interface HighlightManager {
   setFilter(text: string | undefined): void;
   render(text: string): React.ReactNode;
+  setHighlightColor(color: string | undefined): void;
 }
 
-function createHighlightManager(initialText: string = ''): HighlightManager {
+function createHighlightManager(
+  initialText: string = '',
+  initialHighlightColor: string = theme.searchHighlightBackground.yellow,
+): HighlightManager {
   const callbacks = new Set<(prev: string, next: string) => void>();
   let matches = 0;
   let currentFilter = initialText;
+  let currHighlightColor = initialHighlightColor;
 
   const Highlight: React.FC<{text: string}> = memo(({text}) => {
     const [, setUpdate] = useState(0);
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ function createHighlightManager(initialText: string = ''): HighlightManager {
         ) : (
           <>
             {text.substr(0, index)}
-            <Highlighted>
+            <span style={{backgroundColor: currHighlightColor}}>
               {text.substr(index, currentFilter.length)}
-            </Highlighted>
+            </span>
             {text.substr(index + currentFilter.length)}
           </>
         )}
@@ -87,6 +87,12 @@ function createHighlightManager(initialText: string = ''): HighlightManager {
     render(text: string) {
       return <Highlight text={text} />;
     },
+    setHighlightColor(color: string) {
+      if (color !== currHighlightColor) {
+        currHighlightColor = color;
+        callbacks.forEach((cb) => cb(currentFilter, currentFilter));
+      }
+    },
   };
 }
 
@@ -98,21 +104,32 @@ export const HighlightContext = createContext<HighlightManager>({
     // stub implementation in case we render a component without a Highlight context
     return text;
   },
+  setHighlightColor(_color: string) {
+    throw new Error('Cannot set the color of a stub highlight manager');
+  },
 });
 
 export function HighlightProvider({
   text,
+  highlightColor,
   children,
 }: {
   text: string | undefined;
+  highlightColor?: string | undefined;
   children: React.ReactElement;
 }) {
-  const [highlightManager] = useState(() => createHighlightManager(text));
+  const [highlightManager] = useState(() =>
+    createHighlightManager(text, highlightColor),
+  );
 
   useEffect(() => {
     highlightManager.setFilter(text);
   }, [text, highlightManager]);
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    highlightManager.setHighlightColor(highlightColor);
+  }, [highlightColor, highlightManager]);
+
   return (
     <HighlightContext.Provider value={highlightManager}>
       {children}
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/ui/data-inspector/__tests__/DataInspector.node.tsx b/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/ui/data-inspector/__tests__/DataInspector.node.tsx
index abf31c55f..657187239 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/ui/data-inspector/__tests__/DataInspector.node.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/ui/data-inspector/__tests__/DataInspector.node.tsx
@@ -115,9 +115,7 @@ test.local('can filter for data', async () => {
   expect(element.parentElement).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
     <span>
       "j
-      <span
-        class="css-1cfwmd7-Highlighted eiud9hg0"
-      >
+      <span>
         son
       </span>
       "
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/ui/data-table/DataTable.tsx b/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/ui/data-table/DataTable.tsx
index 11569df64..461a70a0b 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/ui/data-table/DataTable.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/ui/data-table/DataTable.tsx
@@ -609,6 +609,10 @@ export function DataTable<T extends object>(
           tableState.highlightSearchSetting.highlightEnabled
             ? tableState.searchValue
             : ''
+        }
+        highlightColor={
+          tableState.highlightSearchSetting.color ||
+          theme.searchHighlightBackground.yellow
         }>
         {mainSection}
       </HighlightProvider>
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/ui/data-table/DataTableManager.tsx b/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/ui/data-table/DataTableManager.tsx
index 6c3568b60..6f2337175 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/ui/data-table/DataTableManager.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/ui/data-table/DataTableManager.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {Percentage} from '../../utils/widthUtils';
 import {MutableRefObject, Reducer} from 'react';
 import {DataSource, DataSourceVirtualizer} from '../../data-source/index';
 import produce, {castDraft, immerable, original} from 'immer';
+import {theme} from '../theme';
 
 export type OnColumnResize = (id: string, size: number | Percentage) => void;
 export type Sorting<T = any> = {
@@ -106,7 +107,8 @@ type DataManagerActions<T> =
   | Action<'setAutoScroll', {autoScroll: boolean}>
   | Action<'toggleSearchValue'>
   | Action<'clearSearchHistory'>
-  | Action<'toggleHighlightSearch'>;
+  | Action<'toggleHighlightSearch'>
+  | Action<'setSearchHighlightColor', {color: string}>;
 
 type DataManagerConfig<T> = {
   dataSource: DataSource<T, T[keyof T]>;
@@ -309,6 +311,12 @@ export const dataTableManagerReducer = produce<
         !draft.highlightSearchSetting.highlightEnabled;
       break;
     }
+    case 'setSearchHighlightColor': {
+      if (draft.highlightSearchSetting.color !== action.color) {
+        draft.highlightSearchSetting.color = action.color;
+      }
+      break;
+    }
     default: {
       throw new Error('Unknown action ' + (action as any).type);
     }
@@ -341,6 +349,7 @@ export type DataTableManager<T> = {
   dataSource: DataSource<T, T[keyof T]>;
   toggleSearchValue(): void;
   toggleHighlightSearch(): void;
+  setSearchHighlightColor(color: string): void;
 };
 
 export function createDataTableManager<T>(
@@ -393,6 +402,9 @@ export function createDataTableManager<T>(
     toggleHighlightSearch() {
       dispatch({type: 'toggleHighlightSearch'});
     },
+    setSearchHighlightColor(color) {
+      dispatch({type: 'setSearchHighlightColor', color});
+    },
     dataSource,
   };
 }
@@ -440,7 +452,7 @@ export function createInitialState<T>(
     autoScroll: prefs?.autoScroll ?? config.autoScroll ?? false,
     highlightSearchSetting: prefs?.highlightSearchSetting ?? {
       highlightEnabled: false,
-      color: '',
+      color: theme.searchHighlightBackground.yellow,
     },
   };
   // @ts-ignore
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/ui/data-table/TableContextMenu.tsx b/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/ui/data-table/TableContextMenu.tsx
index fdc1aa9d0..a240ecbc0 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/ui/data-table/TableContextMenu.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/ui/data-table/TableContextMenu.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  */
 
 import {CopyOutlined, FilterOutlined, TableOutlined} from '@ant-design/icons';
-import {Checkbox, Menu, Switch} from 'antd';
+import {Badge, Checkbox, Menu, Select, Switch} from 'antd';
 import {Layout} from 'flipper-plugin';
 import {
   DataTableDispatch,
@@ -25,8 +25,10 @@ import {toFirstUpper} from '../../utils/toFirstUpper';
 import {DataSource} from '../../data-source/index';
 import {renderColumnValue} from './TableRow';
 import {textContent} from '../../utils/textContent';
+import {theme} from '../theme';
 
 const {Item, SubMenu} = Menu;
+const {Option} = Select;
 
 export function tableContextMenuFactory<T>(
   datasource: DataSource<T, T[keyof T]>,
@@ -197,6 +199,7 @@ export function tableContextMenuFactory<T>(
               e.stopPropagation();
               e.preventDefault();
             }}>
+            Highlight search terms
             <Switch
               checked={highlightSearchSetting.highlightEnabled}
               size="small"
@@ -206,7 +209,42 @@ export function tableContextMenuFactory<T>(
                 });
               }}
             />
-            Highlight search terms
+          </Layout.Horizontal>
+        </Menu.Item>
+        <Menu.Item key="highlight search color">
+          <Layout.Horizontal
+            gap
+            center
+            onClick={(e) => {
+              e.stopPropagation();
+              e.preventDefault();
+            }}>
+            Highlight search color
+            <Select
+              style={{width: '7em'}}
+              defaultValue={highlightSearchSetting.color}
+              onChange={(color: string) => {
+                dispatch({
+                  type: 'setSearchHighlightColor',
+                  color: color,
+                });
+              }}>
+              {Object.entries(theme.searchHighlightBackground).map(
+                ([colorName, color]) => (
+                  <Option key={colorName} value={color}>
+                    <Badge
+                      text={
+                        <span style={{backgroundColor: color}}>
+                          {colorName.charAt(0).toUpperCase() +
+                            colorName.slice(1)}
+                        </span>
+                      }
+                      color={color}
+                    />
+                  </Option>
+                ),
+              )}
+            </Select>
           </Layout.Horizontal>
         </Menu.Item>
       </SubMenu>
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/ui/data-table/__tests__/DataTable.node.tsx b/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/ui/data-table/__tests__/DataTable.node.tsx
index 4e4b7cd09..066888924 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/ui/data-table/__tests__/DataTable.node.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/ui/data-table/__tests__/DataTable.node.tsx
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ test('update and append', async () => {
         >
           <span>
             <span
-              class="css-1cfwmd7-Highlighted eiud9hg0"
+              style="background-color: rgb(255, 245, 102);"
             />
             test DataTable
           </span>
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ test('update and append', async () => {
         >
           <span>
             <span
-              class="css-1cfwmd7-Highlighted eiud9hg0"
+              style="background-color: rgb(255, 245, 102);"
             />
             true
           </span>
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ test('column visibility', async () => {
         >
           <span>
             <span
-              class="css-1cfwmd7-Highlighted eiud9hg0"
+              style="background-color: rgb(255, 245, 102);"
             />
             test DataTable
           </span>
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ test('column visibility', async () => {
         >
           <span>
             <span
-              class="css-1cfwmd7-Highlighted eiud9hg0"
+              style="background-color: rgb(255, 245, 102);"
             />
             true
           </span>
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ test('column visibility', async () => {
         >
           <span>
             <span
-              class="css-1cfwmd7-Highlighted eiud9hg0"
+              style="background-color: rgb(255, 245, 102);"
             />
             test DataTable
           </span>
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/ui/data-table/__tests__/DataTableRecords.node.tsx b/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/ui/data-table/__tests__/DataTableRecords.node.tsx
index 7244728f8..16b067c23 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/ui/data-table/__tests__/DataTableRecords.node.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/ui/data-table/__tests__/DataTableRecords.node.tsx
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ test('update and append', async () => {
         >
           <span>
             <span
-              class="css-1cfwmd7-Highlighted eiud9hg0"
+              style="background-color: rgb(255, 245, 102);"
             />
             test DataTable
           </span>
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ test('update and append', async () => {
         >
           <span>
             <span
-              class="css-1cfwmd7-Highlighted eiud9hg0"
+              style="background-color: rgb(255, 245, 102);"
             />
             true
           </span>
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/ui/elements-inspector/elements.tsx b/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/ui/elements-inspector/elements.tsx
index 761c97d45..881d00646 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/ui/elements-inspector/elements.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/ui/elements-inspector/elements.tsx
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ class PartialHighlight extends PureComponent<{
   content: string;
 }> {
   static HighlightedText = styled.span<{selected: boolean}>((props) => ({
-    backgroundColor: theme.searchHighlightBackground,
+    backgroundColor: theme.searchHighlightBackground.yellow,
     color: props.selected ? `${theme.textColorPrimary} !important` : 'auto',
   }));
 
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/ui/theme.tsx b/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/ui/theme.tsx
index 7e052dd21..2bde12e6d 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/ui/theme.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/ui/theme.tsx
@@ -21,7 +21,12 @@ export const theme = {
   textColorSecondary: 'var(--flipper-text-color-secondary)',
   textColorPlaceholder: 'var(--flipper-text-color-placeholder)',
   textColorActive: 'var(--light-color-button-active)',
-  searchHighlightBackground: antColors.yellow[3],
+  searchHighlightBackground: {
+    yellow: antColors.yellow[3],
+    red: antColors.red[3],
+    green: antColors.green[3],
+    blue: antColors.blue[3],
+  } as const,
   selectionBackgroundColor: 'var(--flipper-primary-background-wash)',
   disabledColor: 'var(--flipper-disabled-color)',
   backgroundDefault: 'var(--flipper-background-default)',
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-ui-core/src/chrome/__tests__/flipper_messages.node.tsx b/desktop/flipper-ui-core/src/chrome/__tests__/flipper_messages.node.tsx
index 4e5831751..0eebc94da 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-ui-core/src/chrome/__tests__/flipper_messages.node.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-ui-core/src/chrome/__tests__/flipper_messages.node.tsx
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ test('It can render rows', async () => {
       >
         <span>
           <span
-            class="css-1cfwmd7-Highlighted eiud9hg0"
+            style="background-color: rgb(255, 245, 102);"
           />
           00:00:00.000
         </span>
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ test('It can render rows', async () => {
       >
         <span>
           <span
-            class="css-1cfwmd7-Highlighted eiud9hg0"
+            style="background-color: rgb(255, 245, 102);"
           />
           Android Phone
         </span>
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ test('It can render rows', async () => {
       >
         <span>
           <span
-            class="css-1cfwmd7-Highlighted eiud9hg0"
+            style="background-color: rgb(255, 245, 102);"
           />
           FB4A
         </span>
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ test('It can render rows', async () => {
       >
         <span>
           <span
-            class="css-1cfwmd7-Highlighted eiud9hg0"
+            style="background-color: rgb(255, 245, 102);"
           />
           unique-string
         </span>
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ test('It can render rows', async () => {
       >
         <span>
           <span
-            class="css-1cfwmd7-Highlighted eiud9hg0"
+            style="background-color: rgb(255, 245, 102);"
           />
         </span>
       </div>
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ test('It can render rows', async () => {
       >
         <span>
           <span
-            class="css-1cfwmd7-Highlighted eiud9hg0"
+            style="background-color: rgb(255, 245, 102);"
           />
         </span>
       </div>
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ test('It can render rows', async () => {
       >
         <span>
           <span
-            class="css-1cfwmd7-Highlighted eiud9hg0"
+            style="background-color: rgb(255, 245, 102);"
           />
           toClient:send
         </span>