diff --git a/templates/repo/sidebar.tmpl b/templates/repo/sidebar.tmpl
index 912b50570b..4c0ab588c6 100644
--- a/templates/repo/sidebar.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/sidebar.tmpl
@@ -4,16 +4,16 @@
     <i class="icon octicon octicon-code"></i> {{.i18n.Tr "repo.code"}}
   </a>
   <a class="{{if .PageIsIssueList}}active{{end}} item" href="{{.RepoLink}}/issues">
-    <i class="icon octicon octicon-issue-opened"></i> {{.i18n.Tr "repo.issues"}} <span class="ui blue small label">{{.Repository.NumOpenIssues}}</span>
+    <i class="icon octicon octicon-issue-opened"></i> {{.i18n.Tr "repo.issues"}} <span class="ui {{if eq 0 .Repository.NumOpenIssues}}gray{{else}}blue{{end}} small label">{{.Repository.NumOpenIssues}}</span>
   </a>
   <a class="{{if .PageIsPullList}}active{{end}} item" href="{{.RepoLink}}/pulls">
-    <i class="icon octicon octicon-git-pull-request"></i> {{.i18n.Tr "repo.pulls"}} <span class="ui blue small label">{{.Repository.NumOpenPulls}}</span>
+    <i class="icon octicon octicon-git-pull-request"></i> {{.i18n.Tr "repo.pulls"}} <span class="ui {{if eq 0 .Repository.NumOpenPulls}}gray{{else}}blue{{end}} small label">{{.Repository.NumOpenPulls}}</span>
   </a>
   <a class="{{if .PageIsCommits}}active{{end}} item" href="{{.RepoLink}}/commits/{{EscapePound .BranchName}}">
-    <i class="icon octicon octicon-history"></i> {{.i18n.Tr "repo.commits"}} <span class="ui blue small label">{{.CommitsCount}}</span>
+    <i class="icon octicon octicon-history"></i> {{.i18n.Tr "repo.commits"}} <span class="ui {{if eq 0 .CommitsCount}}gray{{else}}blue{{end}} small label">{{.CommitsCount}}</span>
   </a>
   <a class="{{if .PageIsReleaseList}}active{{end}} item" href="{{.RepoLink}}/releases">
-    <i class="icon octicon octicon-tag"></i> {{.i18n.Tr "repo.releases"}} <span class="ui blue small label">{{.Repository.NumTags}}</span>
+    <i class="icon octicon octicon-tag"></i> {{.i18n.Tr "repo.releases"}} <span class="ui {{if eq 0 .Repository.NumTags}}gray{{else}}blue{{end}} small label">{{.Repository.NumTags}}</span>
   </a>
   <a class="{{if .PageIsWiki}}active{{end}} item" href="{{.RepoLink}}/wiki">
     <i class="icon octicon octicon-book"></i> {{.i18n.Tr "repo.wiki"}}