diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/components/placeholder.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/components/placeholder.scss
index 8bbf2e2fd..762d40e84 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/components/placeholder.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/components/placeholder.scss
@@ -38,3 +38,16 @@
   }
 
 }
+
+.placeholder-redacted {
+
+  background: currentColor;
+  padding: 0 0.5em;
+  opacity: 0.8;
+  box-shadow: inset 0 -0.25em 0 0 $white;
+
+  .sms-message-wrapper & {
+    box-shadow: inset 0 -0.25em 0 0 $panel-colour;
+  }
+
+}