diff --git a/resources/celerity/map.php b/resources/celerity/map.php
--- a/resources/celerity/map.php
+++ b/resources/celerity/map.php
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 return array(
   'names' =>
   array(
-    'core.pkg.css' => '7c4a7aa4',
+    'core.pkg.css' => '59ea1706',
     'core.pkg.js' => 'b2ed04a2',
     'darkconsole.pkg.js' => 'ca8671ce',
     'differential.pkg.css' => '4b8686e3',
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
     'rsrc/css/phui/phui-remarkup-preview.css' => '19ad512b',
     'rsrc/css/phui/phui-spacing.css' => '042804d6',
     'rsrc/css/phui/phui-status.css' => '2f562399',
-    'rsrc/css/phui/phui-tag-view.css' => '295d81c4',
+    'rsrc/css/phui/phui-tag-view.css' => '5d09d99e',
     'rsrc/css/phui/phui-text.css' => '23e9b4b7',
     'rsrc/css/phui/phui-timeline-view.css' => '15ff2a9f',
     'rsrc/css/phui/phui-workboard-view.css' => '2bf82d00',
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@
     'phui-remarkup-preview-css' => '19ad512b',
     'phui-spacing-css' => '042804d6',
     'phui-status-list-view-css' => '2f562399',
-    'phui-tag-view-css' => '295d81c4',
+    'phui-tag-view-css' => '5d09d99e',
     'phui-text-css' => '23e9b4b7',
     'phui-timeline-view-css' => '15ff2a9f',
     'phui-workboard-view-css' => '2bf82d00',
diff --git a/src/infrastructure/markup/rule/PhabricatorRemarkupRuleObject.php b/src/infrastructure/markup/rule/PhabricatorRemarkupRuleObject.php
--- a/src/infrastructure/markup/rule/PhabricatorRemarkupRuleObject.php
+++ b/src/infrastructure/markup/rule/PhabricatorRemarkupRuleObject.php
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
   protected function renderObjectEmbed($object, $handle, $options) {
     $name = $handle->getFullName();
     $href = $handle->getURI();
+    $status_closed = PhabricatorObjectHandleStatus::STATUS_CLOSED;
 
     if ($this->getEngine()->isTextMode()) {
       return $name.' <'.PhabricatorEnv::getProductionURI($href).'>';
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@
 
     $attr = array(
       'phid' => $handle->getPHID(),
+      'closed'  => ($handle->getStatus() == $status_closed),
     );
 
     return $this->renderHovertag($name, $href, $attr);
diff --git a/src/view/phui/PHUITagView.php b/src/view/phui/PHUITagView.php
--- a/src/view/phui/PHUITagView.php
+++ b/src/view/phui/PHUITagView.php
@@ -101,10 +101,6 @@
       'phui-tag-type-'.$this->type,
     );
 
-    if ($this->closed) {
-      $classes[] = 'phui-tag-state-closed';
-    }
-
     $color = null;
     if ($this->backgroundColor) {
       $color = 'phui-tag-color-'.$this->backgroundColor;
@@ -136,6 +132,15 @@
       ),
       array($dot, $this->name));
 
+    if ($this->closed) {
+      $content = phutil_tag(
+        'span',
+        array(
+          'class' => 'phui-tag-core-closed',
+        ),
+        $content);
+    }
+
     if ($this->phid) {
       Javelin::initBehavior('phabricator-hovercards');
 
diff --git a/webroot/rsrc/css/phui/phui-tag-view.css b/webroot/rsrc/css/phui/phui-tag-view.css
--- a/webroot/rsrc/css/phui/phui-tag-view.css
+++ b/webroot/rsrc/css/phui/phui-tag-view.css
@@ -13,8 +13,13 @@
   text-decoration: none;
 }
 
-.phui-tag-state-closed .phui-tag-core {
+.phui-tag-core-closed {
   text-decoration: line-through;
+  color: rgba(0,0,0,0.5);
+}
+
+.phui-tag-core-closed:hover {
+  text-decoration: none;
 }
 
 .phui-tag-core {
@@ -57,7 +62,8 @@
 
 .phui-tag-type-object,
 a.phui-tag-type-object,
-a.phui-tag-type-object:link {
+a.phui-tag-type-object:link,
+.phui-tag-core-closed .phui-tag-color-object {
   color: #000000;
 }