diff --git a/share/qtcreator/styles/dark.xml b/share/qtcreator/styles/dark.xml
index f9213d1b617..e8719c10791 100644
--- a/share/qtcreator/styles/dark.xml
+++ b/share/qtcreator/styles/dark.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
   <style name="Occurrences.Rename" foreground="#ffaaaa" background="#553636"/>
   <style name="Operator" foreground="#aaaaaa"/>
   <style name="Parentheses" foreground="#ff5555" background="#333333"/>
+  <style name="ParenthesesMismatch" background="#800080"/>
   <style name="Preprocessor" foreground="#5555ff"/>
   <style name="SearchResult" background="#555500"/>
   <style name="SearchScope" background="#222200"/>
diff --git a/share/qtcreator/styles/grayscale.xml b/share/qtcreator/styles/grayscale.xml
index 92e8b15cde0..6bba4626866 100644
--- a/share/qtcreator/styles/grayscale.xml
+++ b/share/qtcreator/styles/grayscale.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
   <style name="Number" foreground="#3f3f3f"/>
   <style name="Operator"/>
   <style name="Parentheses" background="#e3e3e3" bold="true"/>
+  <style name="ParenthesesMismatch" background="#808080"/>
   <style name="Preprocessor" foreground="#5b5b5b" bold="true"/>
   <style name="RemovedLine" foreground="#a0a0a4"/>
   <style name="Static" italic="true"/>
diff --git a/share/qtcreator/styles/inkpot.xml b/share/qtcreator/styles/inkpot.xml
index df856488878..6253ec67746 100644
--- a/share/qtcreator/styles/inkpot.xml
+++ b/share/qtcreator/styles/inkpot.xml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
   <style name="Occurrences.Unused" foreground="#808000"/>
   <style name="Operator" foreground="#cfbfad"/>
   <style name="Parentheses" foreground="#ffff00"  background="#4e4e8f"/>
+  <style name="ParenthesesMismatch" background="#404040"/>
   <style name="Preprocessor" foreground="#409090"/>
   <style name="RemovedLine" foreground="#ff0000"/>
   <style name="SearchResult" foreground="#000000" background="#ffef0b"/>
diff --git a/share/qtcreator/styles/intellij.xml b/share/qtcreator/styles/intellij.xml
index b55e103d0dc..1a34c83bc18 100644
--- a/share/qtcreator/styles/intellij.xml
+++ b/share/qtcreator/styles/intellij.xml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
   <style name="Number" foreground="#0000ff"/>
   <style name="Operator" foreground="#000000"/>
   <style name="Parentheses" foreground="#ff0000" background="#c3e1ff"/>
+  <style name="ParenthesesMismatch" background="#ff00ff"/>
   <style name="Preprocessor" foreground="#000080" bold="true"/>
   <style name="RemovedLine" foreground="#ff0000"/>
   <style name="String" foreground="#008000" bold="true"/>
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/fontsettings.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/fontsettings.cpp
index 08d6a63f5f1..daf50dc5657 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/fontsettings.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/fontsettings.cpp
@@ -179,7 +179,8 @@ QTextCharFormat FontSettings::toTextCharFormat(TextStyle category) const
             && category != C_OCCURRENCES
             && category != C_OCCURRENCES_RENAME
             && category != C_OCCURRENCES_UNUSED
-            && category != C_SEARCH_RESULT)
+            && category != C_SEARCH_RESULT
+            && category != C_PARENTHESES_MISMATCH)
         tf.setForeground(f.foreground());
     if (f.background().isValid() && (category == C_TEXT || f.background() != m_scheme.formatFor(C_TEXT).background()))
         tf.setBackground(f.background());
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/fontsettingspage.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/fontsettingspage.cpp
index b55065e1bf7..73a7bcf12ce 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/fontsettingspage.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/fontsettingspage.cpp
@@ -271,6 +271,8 @@ QColor FormatDescription::background() const
         return QColor(0xffef0b);
     } else if (m_id == C_PARENTHESES) {
         return QColor(0xb4, 0xee, 0xb4);
+    } else if (m_id == C_PARENTHESES_MISMATCH) {
+        return QColor(Qt::magenta);
     } else if (m_id == C_CURRENT_LINE || m_id == C_SEARCH_SCOPE) {
         const QPalette palette = QApplication::palette();
         const QColor &fg = palette.color(QPalette::Highlight);
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditor.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditor.cpp
index d41176edb73..8474030dc2e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditor.cpp
@@ -341,7 +341,6 @@ public:
 
     // parentheses matcher
     bool m_formatRange;
-    QTextCharFormat m_mismatchFormat;
     QTimer m_parenthesesMatchingTimer;
     // end parentheses matcher
 
@@ -660,8 +659,6 @@ void TextEditorWidgetPrivate::ctor(const QSharedPointer<TextDocument> &doc)
 
     // parentheses matcher
     m_formatRange = true;
-    m_mismatchFormat.setBackground(q->palette().color(QPalette::Base).value() < 128
-                                      ? Qt::darkMagenta : Qt::magenta);
     m_parenthesesMatchingTimer.setSingleShot(true);
     QObject::connect(&m_parenthesesMatchingTimer, &QTimer::timeout,
                      this, &TextEditorWidgetPrivate::_q_matchParentheses);
@@ -5605,12 +5602,14 @@ void TextEditorWidgetPrivate::_q_matchParentheses()
 
     const QTextCharFormat &matchFormat
             = q->textDocument()->fontSettings().toTextCharFormat(C_PARENTHESES);
+    const QTextCharFormat &mismatchFormat
+            = q->textDocument()->fontSettings().toTextCharFormat(C_PARENTHESES_MISMATCH);
     int animatePosition = -1;
     if (backwardMatch.hasSelection()) {
         QTextEdit::ExtraSelection sel;
         if (backwardMatchType == TextBlockUserData::Mismatch) {
             sel.cursor = backwardMatch;
-            sel.format = m_mismatchFormat;
+            sel.format = mismatchFormat;
             extraSelections.append(sel);
         } else {
 
@@ -5634,7 +5633,7 @@ void TextEditorWidgetPrivate::_q_matchParentheses()
         QTextEdit::ExtraSelection sel;
         if (forwardMatchType == TextBlockUserData::Mismatch) {
             sel.cursor = forwardMatch;
-            sel.format = m_mismatchFormat;
+            sel.format = mismatchFormat;
             extraSelections.append(sel);
         } else {
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorconstants.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorconstants.cpp
index c7740c6c5b5..71f6aa3583f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorconstants.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorconstants.cpp
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ const char *nameForStyle(TextStyle style)
     case C_SEARCH_RESULT:       return "SearchResult";
     case C_SEARCH_SCOPE:        return "SearchScope";
     case C_PARENTHESES:         return "Parentheses";
+    case C_PARENTHESES_MISMATCH:return "ParenthesesMismatch";
     case C_CURRENT_LINE:        return "CurrentLine";
     case C_CURRENT_LINE_NUMBER: return "CurrentLineNumber";
     case C_OCCURRENCES:         return "Occurrences";
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorconstants.h b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorconstants.h
index 1ae715db522..4433ad04b03 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorconstants.h
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorconstants.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ enum TextStyle {
     C_SEARCH_RESULT,
     C_SEARCH_SCOPE,
     C_PARENTHESES,
+    C_PARENTHESES_MISMATCH,
     C_CURRENT_LINE,
     C_CURRENT_LINE_NUMBER,
     C_OCCURRENCES,
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorsettings.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorsettings.cpp
index 59bfeff9dea..838d69102c3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorsettings.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorsettings.cpp
@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@ TextEditorSettings::TextEditorSettings(QObject *parent)
     formatDescr.append(FormatDescription(C_PARENTHESES, tr("Parentheses"),
                                          tr("Displayed when matching parentheses, square brackets "
                                             "or curly brackets are found.")));
+    formatDescr.append(FormatDescription(C_PARENTHESES_MISMATCH, tr("Mismatched Parentheses"),
+                                         tr("Displayed when mismatched parentheses, "
+                                            "square brackets, or curly brackets are found.")));
     formatDescr.append(FormatDescription(C_CURRENT_LINE, tr("Current Line"),
                                          tr("Line where the cursor is placed in.")));