diff --git a/rules/complex.js b/rules/complex.js
index 3115bc68..850c7146 100644
--- a/rules/complex.js
+++ b/rules/complex.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 "use strict";
 
-var COMPLEX_SELECTOR_THRESHOLD = 3;
+var COMPLEX_SELECTOR_THRESHOLD = 5;
 
 /**
  * @param { import("../lib/css-analyzer") } analyzer
diff --git a/test/rules/colors.js b/test/rules/colors.js
index d3f0b572..d5a2fc07 100644
--- a/test/rules/colors.js
+++ b/test/rules/colors.js
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ exports.tests = [
 	{
 		css: '.foo { border-color: #000 #000000 rgb(0,0,0) rgba(0,0,0,1) }',
 		metrics: {
-			colors: 2
+			colors: 1
 		}
 	},
 ];
diff --git a/test/rules/complex.js b/test/rules/complex.js
index 0b0a5731..d61b1532 100644
--- a/test/rules/complex.js
+++ b/test/rules/complex.js
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ exports.tests = [
 			complexSelectors: 1
 		}
 	},
+	{
+		css: 'header li.foo { color: red }',
+		metrics: {
+			complexSelectors: 0
+		}
+	},
 	{
 		css: '.someclass:not([ng-show="gcdmShowSystemNotAvailableMessage()"]){display:none}',
 		metrics: {