diff --git a/colors/solarized8_light.vim b/colors/solarized8_light.vim
index 53699c5..a311112 100644
--- a/colors/solarized8_light.vim
+++ b/colors/solarized8_light.vim
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ if has('nvim')
   let g:terminal_color_14 = '#93a1a1'
   let g:terminal_color_15 = '#fdf6e3'
 endif
-hi! MatchParen cterm=NONE,bold gui=NONE,bold ctermfg=1 guifg=#dc322f ctermbg=7 guibg=#eee8d5
+hi! MatchParen cterm=NONE,bold gui=NONE,bold ctermfg=15 guifg=#fdf6e3 ctermbg=12 guibg=#839496
 hi! link vimVar Identifier
 hi! link vimFunc Function
 hi! link vimUserFunc Function
diff --git a/colors/solarized8_light_flat.vim b/colors/solarized8_light_flat.vim
index b57b69e..127f0e8 100644
--- a/colors/solarized8_light_flat.vim
+++ b/colors/solarized8_light_flat.vim
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ if has('nvim')
   let g:terminal_color_14 = '#93a1a1'
   let g:terminal_color_15 = '#fdf6e3'
 endif
-hi! MatchParen cterm=NONE,bold gui=NONE,bold ctermfg=1 guifg=#dc322f ctermbg=7 guibg=#eee8d5
+hi! MatchParen cterm=NONE,bold gui=NONE,bold ctermfg=9 guifg=#cb4b16 ctermbg=7 guibg=#eee8d5
 hi! link vimVar Identifier
 hi! link vimFunc Function
 hi! link vimUserFunc Function
diff --git a/colors/solarized8_light_high.vim b/colors/solarized8_light_high.vim
index 2b13b2f..dff9280 100644
--- a/colors/solarized8_light_high.vim
+++ b/colors/solarized8_light_high.vim
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ if has('nvim')
   let g:terminal_color_14 = '#93a1a1'
   let g:terminal_color_15 = '#fdf6e3'
 endif
-hi! MatchParen cterm=NONE,bold gui=NONE,bold ctermfg=1 guifg=#dc322f ctermbg=7 guibg=#eee8d5
+hi! MatchParen cterm=NONE,bold gui=NONE,bold ctermfg=15 guifg=#fdf6e3 ctermbg=11 guibg=#657b83
 hi! link vimVar Identifier
 hi! link vimFunc Function
 hi! link vimUserFunc Function
diff --git a/colors/solarized8_light_low.vim b/colors/solarized8_light_low.vim
index 1a5df7c..f45148b 100644
--- a/colors/solarized8_light_low.vim
+++ b/colors/solarized8_light_low.vim
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ if has('nvim')
   let g:terminal_color_14 = '#93a1a1'
   let g:terminal_color_15 = '#fdf6e3'
 endif
-hi! MatchParen cterm=NONE,bold gui=NONE,bold ctermfg=1 guifg=#dc322f ctermbg=7 guibg=#eee8d5
+hi! MatchParen cterm=NONE,bold gui=NONE,bold ctermfg=8 guifg=#002b36 ctermbg=NONE guibg=NONE
 hi! link vimVar Identifier
 hi! link vimFunc Function
 hi! link vimUserFunc Function
diff --git a/src/solarized8.vim b/src/solarized8.vim
index 020b785..46c89ae 100644
--- a/src/solarized8.vim
+++ b/src/solarized8.vim
@@ -507,10 +507,16 @@ for s:solarized_background in ["dark", "light"]
     " Changed by Lifepillar: better (in my opinion) highlighting for MatchParen
     " (see also https://github.com/lifepillar/vim-solarized8/issues/11 and
     " https://github.com/lifepillar/vim-solarized8/issues/15):
-    if s:solarized_background == 'dark'
+    if s:solarized_background == "dark"
       call s:put("hi! MatchParen"     .s:fmt_bold   .s:fg_base3  .s:bg_base02)
     else
-      call s:put("hi! MatchParen"     .s:fmt_bold   .s:fg_red .s:bg_base02)
+      if s:solarized_contrast == "flat"
+        call s:put("hi! MatchParen"   .s:fmt_bold   .s:fg_orange .s:bg_base02)
+      elseif s:solarized_contrast == "low"
+        call s:put("hi! MatchParen"   .s:fmt_bold   .s:fg_base3  .s:bg_none)
+      else
+        call s:put("hi! MatchParen"   .s:fmt_bold   .s:fg_base03 .s:bg_base00)
+      endif
     endif
     "}}}
     " vim syntax highlighting "{{{