Softened the color a bit by mixing in the panel-bg, so it's not introducing any new variables. Was too start as pure body-bg

public/sass/components/_modals.scss

@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
 
 .modal-content {
   padding: $spacer*2;
+  min-height: $spacer*15;
 }
 
 // Remove bottom margin if need be

public/sass/pages/_dashboard.scss

@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ div.flot-text {
 }
 
 .panel-info-corner {
-  color: $text-color;
+  color: $text-muted;
   cursor: pointer;
   position: absolute;
   display: none;
@@ -102,14 +102,14 @@ div.flot-text {
 
   .fa {
     position: relative;
-    top: -2px;
+    top: -4px;
     left: -5px;
-    font-size: 90%;
+    font-size: 75%;
   }
 
   &--info {
     display: block;
-    background: $blue-dark;
+    background: mix($panel-bg, $body-bg, 35%);
     .fa:before {
       content: "\f129";
     }
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ div.flot-text {
 
   &--links {
     display: block;
-    background: $blue-dark;
+    background: mix($panel-bg, $body-bg, 35%);
     .fa {
       left: -3px;
     }