diff --git a/src/components/rich_content/rich_content.scss b/src/components/rich_content/rich_content.scss
index db08ef1e..52042314 100644
--- a/src/components/rich_content/rich_content.scss
+++ b/src/components/rich_content/rich_content.scss
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
+@import '../../variables';
+
 .RichContent {
   blockquote {
-    margin: 0.2em 0 0.2em 2em;
+    margin: 0.2em 0 0.2em 0.2em;
     font-style: italic;
+    border-left: 0.2em solid var(--faint, $fallback--faint);
+    padding-left: 1em;
   }
 
   pre {