diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/wm/impl/ToolWindowIcon.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/wm/impl/ToolWindowIcon.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..48a161c54d91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/wm/impl/ToolWindowIcon.java
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+// Copyright 2000-2018 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+package com.intellij.openapi.wm.impl;
+
+import com.intellij.ide.ui.LafManager;
+import com.intellij.openapi.util.registry.Registry;
+import com.intellij.ui.ColorUtil;
+import com.intellij.ui.Gray;
+import com.intellij.util.IconUtil;
+import com.intellij.util.ui.ImageUtil;
+import com.intellij.util.ui.UIUtil;
+
+import javax.swing.*;
+import java.awt.*;
+import java.awt.image.RGBImageFilter;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/**
+ * @author Konstantin Bulenkov
+ */
+public class ToolWindowIcon implements Icon {
+  private static final Map<Icon, int[]> ourCache = new HashMap<>();
+  static {
+    LafManager.getInstance().addLafManagerListener(x -> ourCache.clear());
+  }
+
+  private final Icon myIcon;
+  private final boolean myUseOriginal;
+
+  public ToolWindowIcon(Icon icon, String toolWindowId) {
+    myIcon = icon;
+    if (Arrays.asList("Event Log", "Problems").contains(toolWindowId)) {
+      myUseOriginal = true;
+    } else {
+      int[] rgb = ColorThief.getColor(ImageUtil.toBufferedImage(IconUtil.toImage(icon)));
+      @SuppressWarnings("UseJBColor")
+      Color color = rgb != null && rgb.length == 3 ? new Color(rgb[0], rgb[1], rgb[2]) : null;
+      myUseOriginal = color == null || color.equals(Gray._108) || color.equals(ColorUtil.fromHex("AFB1B3"));
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void paintIcon(Component c, Graphics g, int x, int y) {
+    if (!Registry.is("ide.convert.tool.window.icons") || myUseOriginal) {
+      myIcon.paintIcon(c, g, x, y);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    int[] dominant = getDominantColor(myIcon);
+    if (dominant == null || dominant.length != 3) {
+      myIcon.paintIcon(c, g, x, y);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    double brightnessDominant = 0.299 * dominant[0] + 0.587 * dominant[1] + 0.114 * dominant[2];
+    double k = brightnessDominant / getBaseGray();
+    RGBImageFilter filter = new RGBImageFilter() {
+      @Override
+      public int filterRGB(int x, int y, int rgb) {
+        int a = (rgb >> 24) & 0xff;
+        double brightness = 0.299 * ((rgb >> 16) & 0xff) + 0.587 * ((rgb >> 8) & 0xff) + 0.114 * (rgb & 0xff);
+        double d = k == 0 ? 255f : brightness / k;
+        try {
+          return (       (a & 0xFF) << 24)
+                 | (((int)d & 0xFF) << 16)
+                 | (((int)d & 0xFF) << 8)
+                 | (((int)d & 0xFF));
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+          return 0;
+        }
+      }
+    };
+    g.drawImage(ImageUtil.filter(IconUtil.toImage(myIcon), filter), x, y, null);
+  }
+
+  private static int getBaseGray() {
+    return UIUtil.isUnderDarcula() ? 0xB1 : 0x6C;
+  }
+
+  private static int[] getDominantColor(Icon icon) {
+    int[] rgb = ourCache.get(icon);
+    if (rgb == null) {
+      ourCache.put(icon, rgb = ColorThief.getColor(ImageUtil.toBufferedImage(IconUtil.toImage(icon))));
+    }
+    return rgb;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public int getIconWidth() {
+    return myIcon.getIconWidth();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public int getIconHeight() {
+    return myIcon.getIconHeight();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/wm/impl/ToolWindowImpl.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/wm/impl/ToolWindowImpl.java
index 1dc80f1a9990..9f2970886c46 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/wm/impl/ToolWindowImpl.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/wm/impl/ToolWindowImpl.java
@@ -444,7 +444,8 @@ public final class ToolWindowImpl implements ToolWindowEx {
       }
     }
     //getSelectedContent().setIcon(icon);
-    myIcon = icon;
+
+    myIcon = new ToolWindowIcon(icon, getId());
     myChangeSupport.firePropertyChange(PROP_ICON, oldIcon, icon);
   }