diff --git a/app/src/frontend/beta-banner.css b/app/src/frontend/beta-banner.css
index b3345bbc..04ed982a 100644
--- a/app/src/frontend/beta-banner.css
+++ b/app/src/frontend/beta-banner.css
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
     width: 100%;
     min-height: 32px;
     font-size: 0.8333rem;
-    padding: 0.25em 1em;
-    background: #505050;
+    padding: 0.333rem 0.8333rem;
+    background: #707070;
     color: #fff;
     margin: 0;
 }
diff --git a/app/src/frontend/beta-banner.js b/app/src/frontend/beta-banner.js
index 36fee841..694c6b83 100644
--- a/app/src/frontend/beta-banner.js
+++ b/app/src/frontend/beta-banner.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import './beta-banner.css';
 const BetaBanner = () => (
     <p className="beta-banner" role="alert" >
 
-    Welcome to the prototype (beta) site for Colouring London. <a
+    Welcome to the test site for Colouring London&mdash; officially launching Spring 2019. <a
     href="http://colouringlondon.org">Find out more about the project.</a>
 
     </p>