diff --git a/lib/utils.js b/lib/utils.js
index cfa8525..579460e 100644
--- a/lib/utils.js
+++ b/lib/utils.js
@@ -1,29 +1,26 @@
 'use strict'
+exports.severityLabel = severityLabel
+exports.color = color
 
-const colors = require('ansicolors')
+const ccs = require('console-control-strings')
 
-const severityColors = {
-  critical: colors.magenta,
-  high: colors.red,
-  moderate: colors.yellow,
-  low: function (str) { return str }
+function color (name) {
+  const start = ccs.color(name)
+  const stop = ccs.color(reset)
+  return str => start + str + stop
 }
 
-const severityLabel = function (sev, withColor) {
-  if (withColor) {
-    return severityColors[sev](sev)
-  }
-  return sev
+const severityColors = {
+  critical: 'magenta',
+  high: 'red',
+  moderate: 'yellow',
+  low: null
 }
 
-const color = function (value, color, withColor) {
-  if (withColor) {
-    return colors[color](value)
-  }
-  return value
+function color (value, colorName, withColor) {
+  return (colorName && withColor) ? ccs.color(colorName) + value + ccs.color('reset') : value
 }
 
-module.exports = {
-  severityLabel: severityLabel,
-  color: color
+function severityLabel (sev, withColor) {
+  return color(sev, severityColors[sev], withColor)
 }
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 9870223..8fa8343 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -62,11 +62,6 @@
       "integrity": "sha1-tDLdM1i2NM914eRmQ2gkBTPB3b4=",
       "dev": true
     },
-    "ansicolors": {
-      "version": "0.3.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ansicolors/-/ansicolors-0.3.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-ZlWX3oap/+Oqm/vmyuXG6kJrSXk="
-    },
     "ansistyles": {
       "version": "0.1.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ansistyles/-/ansistyles-0.1.3.tgz",
@@ -392,6 +387,11 @@
         "typedarray": "0.0.6"
       }
     },
+    "console-control-strings": {
+      "version": "1.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/console-control-strings/-/console-control-strings-1.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-PXz0Rk22RG6mRL9LOVB/mFEAjo4="
+    },
     "contains-path": {
       "version": "0.1.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/contains-path/-/contains-path-0.1.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 267e03a..f0ce527 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
   "author": "Adam Baldwin",
   "license": "ISC",
   "dependencies": {
-    "ansicolors": "^0.3.2",
     "ansistyles": "^0.1.3",
-    "cli-table2": "^0.2.0"
+    "cli-table2": "^0.2.0",
+    "console-control-strings": "^1.1.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "keyfob": "^1.0.0",
diff --git a/reporters/detail.js b/reporters/detail.js
index 235253c..d1def30 100644
--- a/reporters/detail.js
+++ b/reporters/detail.js
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ const report = function (data, options) {
         if (action.action === 'update' || action.action === 'install') {
           const recommendation = getRecommendation(action, config)
           const label = action.resolves.length === 1 ? 'vulnerability' : 'vulnerabilities'
-          log(`\n\n# Run \`${Utils.color(recommendation.cmd, 'red', config.withColor)}\` to resolve ${action.resolves.length} ${label}`)
+          log(`\n\n# Run ${Utils.color(recommendation.cmd, ['red', 'inverse'], config.withColor)} to resolve ${action.resolves.length} ${label}`)
           if (recommendation.isBreaking) {
             log(`SEMVER WARNING: Recommended action is a potentially breaking change`)
           }
diff --git a/test/detail-report-test.js b/test/detail-report-test.js
index d333aa4..a6123ba 100644
--- a/test/detail-report-test.js
+++ b/test/detail-report-test.js
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ tap.test('it generates a detail report with one vuln (review dev dep)', function
 tap.test('it generates a detail report with one vuln, no color', function (t) {
   return Report(fixtures['one-vuln'], {reporter: 'detail', withColor: false}).then((report) => {
     t.match(report.exitCode, 1)
-    t.match(report.report, /# Run `npm update tough-cookie --depth 6` to resolve 1 vulnerability/)
+    t.match(report.report, /# Run npm update tough-cookie --depth 6 to resolve 1 vulnerability/)
   })
 })