diff --git a/AppKit/CPTableView.j b/AppKit/CPTableView.j
index cd6b22c78..8e5985c30 100644
--- a/AppKit/CPTableView.j
+++ b/AppKit/CPTableView.j
@@ -244,7 +244,8 @@ CPTableViewFirstColumnOnlyAutoresizingStyle = 5;
         _selectionHighlightStyle = CPTableViewSelectionHighlightStyleRegular;
 
         [self setUsesAlternatingRowBackgroundColors:NO];
-        [self setAlternatingRowBackgroundColors:[[CPColor whiteColor], [CPColor colorWithHexString:@"f5f9fc"]]];
+        [self setAlternatingRowBackgroundColors:
+            [[CPColor whiteColor], [CPColor colorWithRed:245.0 / 255.0 green:249.0 / 255.0 blue:252.0 / 255.0 alpha:1.0]]];
 
         _tableColumns = [];
         _tableColumnRanges = [];
@@ -3413,9 +3414,10 @@ var CPTableViewDataSourceKey                = @"CPTableViewDataSourceKey",
         _gridColor = [aCoder decodeObjectForKey:CPTableViewGridColorKey] || [CPColor grayColor];
         _gridStyleMask = [aCoder decodeIntForKey:CPTableViewGridStyleMaskKey] || CPTableViewGridNone;
 
-        _alternatingRowBackgroundColors = [aCoder decodeObjectForKey:CPTableViewAlternatingRowColorsKey];
         _usesAlternatingRowBackgroundColors = [aCoder decodeObjectForKey:CPTableViewUsesAlternatingBackgroundKey]
-        
+        _alternatingRowBackgroundColors = 
+            [[CPColor whiteColor], [CPColor colorWithRed:245.0 / 255.0 green:249.0 / 255.0 blue:252.0 / 255.0 alpha:1.0]];
+
         _headerView = [aCoder decodeObjectForKey:CPTableViewHeaderViewKey];
         _cornerView = [aCoder decodeObjectForKey:CPTableViewCornerViewKey];