diff --git a/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/converters/color.test.ts b/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/converters/color.test.ts
index 9ce00db10b28d..4b7f2733f56fc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/converters/color.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/converters/color.test.ts
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ describe('Color Format', () => {
 
       expect(colorer.convert(99, HTML_CONTEXT_TYPE)).toBe('<span ng-non-bindable>99</span>');
       expect(colorer.convert(100, HTML_CONTEXT_TYPE)).toBe(
-        '<span ng-non-bindable><span style="color: blue;background-color: yellow;">100</span></span>'
+        '<span ng-non-bindable><span style="color:blue;background-color:yellow">100</span></span>'
       );
       expect(colorer.convert(150, HTML_CONTEXT_TYPE)).toBe(
-        '<span ng-non-bindable><span style="color: blue;background-color: yellow;">150</span></span>'
+        '<span ng-non-bindable><span style="color:blue;background-color:yellow">150</span></span>'
       );
       expect(colorer.convert(151, HTML_CONTEXT_TYPE)).toBe('<span ng-non-bindable>151</span>');
     });
@@ -74,22 +74,22 @@ describe('Color Format', () => {
 
       expect(converter('B', HTML_CONTEXT_TYPE)).toBe('<span ng-non-bindable>B</span>');
       expect(converter('AAA', HTML_CONTEXT_TYPE)).toBe(
-        '<span ng-non-bindable><span style="color: blue;background-color: yellow;">AAA</span></span>'
+        '<span ng-non-bindable><span style="color:blue;background-color:yellow">AAA</span></span>'
       );
       expect(converter('AB', HTML_CONTEXT_TYPE)).toBe(
-        '<span ng-non-bindable><span style="color: blue;background-color: yellow;">AB</span></span>'
+        '<span ng-non-bindable><span style="color:blue;background-color:yellow">AB</span></span>'
       );
       expect(converter('a', HTML_CONTEXT_TYPE)).toBe('<span ng-non-bindable>a</span>');
 
       expect(converter('B', HTML_CONTEXT_TYPE)).toBe('<span ng-non-bindable>B</span>');
       expect(converter('AAA', HTML_CONTEXT_TYPE)).toBe(
-        '<span ng-non-bindable><span style="color: blue;background-color: yellow;">AAA</span></span>'
+        '<span ng-non-bindable><span style="color:blue;background-color:yellow">AAA</span></span>'
       );
       expect(converter('AB', HTML_CONTEXT_TYPE)).toBe(
-        '<span ng-non-bindable><span style="color: blue;background-color: yellow;">AB</span></span>'
+        '<span ng-non-bindable><span style="color:blue;background-color:yellow">AB</span></span>'
       );
       expect(converter('AB <', HTML_CONTEXT_TYPE)).toBe(
-        '<span ng-non-bindable><span style="color: blue;background-color: yellow;">AB &lt;</span></span>'
+        '<span ng-non-bindable><span style="color:blue;background-color:yellow">AB &lt;</span></span>'
       );
       expect(converter('a', HTML_CONTEXT_TYPE)).toBe('<span ng-non-bindable>a</span>');
     });
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/converters/color.ts b/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/converters/color.tsx
similarity index 79%
rename from src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/converters/color.ts
rename to src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/converters/color.tsx
index f4603f32acc15..98f25fdf81811 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/converters/color.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/converters/color.tsx
@@ -7,15 +7,15 @@
  */
 
 import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
-import { findLast, cloneDeep, template, escape } from 'lodash';
+import React from 'react';
+import ReactDOM from 'react-dom/server';
+import { findLast, cloneDeep, escape } from 'lodash';
 import { KBN_FIELD_TYPES } from '../../kbn_field_types/types';
 import { FieldFormat } from '../field_format';
 import { HtmlContextTypeConvert, FIELD_FORMAT_IDS } from '../types';
 import { asPrettyString } from '../utils';
 import { DEFAULT_CONVERTER_COLOR } from '../constants/color_default';
 
-const convertTemplate = template('<span style="<%- style %>"><%- val %></span>');
-
 export class ColorFormat extends FieldFormat {
   static id = FIELD_FORMAT_IDS.COLOR;
   static title = i18n.translate('data.fieldFormats.color.title', {
@@ -51,11 +51,18 @@ export class ColorFormat extends FieldFormat {
 
   htmlConvert: HtmlContextTypeConvert = (val) => {
     const color = this.findColorRuleForVal(val) as typeof DEFAULT_CONVERTER_COLOR;
-    if (!color) return escape(asPrettyString(val));
 
-    let style = '';
-    if (color.text) style += `color: ${color.text};`;
-    if (color.background) style += `background-color: ${color.background};`;
-    return convertTemplate({ val, style });
+    const displayVal = escape(asPrettyString(val));
+    if (!color) return displayVal;
+
+    return ReactDOM.renderToStaticMarkup(
+      <span
+        style={{
+          color: color.text,
+          backgroundColor: color.background,
+        }}
+        dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: displayVal }} // eslint-disable-line react/no-danger
+      />
+    );
   };
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/converters/source.test.ts b/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/converters/source.test.ts
index f0576142892e2..655cf315a05a4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/converters/source.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/converters/source.test.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import { SourceFormat } from './source';
 import { HtmlContextTypeConvert } from '../types';
 import { HTML_CONTEXT_TYPE } from '../content_types';
+import { stubIndexPatternWithFields } from '../../index_patterns/index_pattern.stub';
 
 describe('Source Format', () => {
   let convertHtml: Function;
@@ -31,4 +32,19 @@ describe('Source Format', () => {
       '<span ng-non-bindable>{&quot;foo&quot;:&quot;bar&quot;,&quot;number&quot;:42,&quot;hello&quot;:&quot;&lt;h1&gt;World&lt;/h1&gt;&quot;,&quot;also&quot;:&quot;with \\&quot;quotes\\&quot; or &#39;single quotes&#39;&quot;}</span>'
     );
   });
+
+  test('should render a description list if a field is passed', () => {
+    const hit = {
+      foo: 'bar',
+      number: 42,
+      hello: '<h1>World</h1>',
+      also: 'with "quotes" or \'single quotes\'',
+    };
+
+    const indexPattern = { ...stubIndexPatternWithFields, formatHit: (h: string) => h };
+
+    expect(convertHtml(hit, { field: 'field', indexPattern, hit })).toMatchInlineSnapshot(
+      `"<span ng-non-bindable><dl class=\\"source truncate-by-height\\"><dt>foo:</dt><dd>bar</dd> <dt>number:</dt><dd>42</dd> <dt>hello:</dt><dd><h1>World</h1></dd> <dt>also:</dt><dd>with \\"quotes\\" or 'single quotes'</dd> </dl></span>"`
+    );
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/converters/source.ts b/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/converters/source.tsx
similarity index 62%
rename from src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/converters/source.ts
rename to src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/converters/source.tsx
index bacfc1ab4c737..d6176b321f3f3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/converters/source.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/converters/source.tsx
@@ -6,40 +6,34 @@
  * Side Public License, v 1.
  */
 
-import { template, escape, keys } from 'lodash';
+import React, { Fragment } from 'react';
+import ReactDOM from 'react-dom/server';
+import { escape, keys } from 'lodash';
 import { shortenDottedString } from '../../utils';
 import { KBN_FIELD_TYPES } from '../../kbn_field_types/types';
 import { FieldFormat } from '../field_format';
 import { TextContextTypeConvert, HtmlContextTypeConvert, FIELD_FORMAT_IDS } from '../types';
 import { UI_SETTINGS } from '../../constants';
 
-/**
- * Remove all of the whitespace between html tags
- * so that inline elements don't have extra spaces.
- *
- * If you have inline elements (span, a, em, etc.) and any
- * amount of whitespace around them in your markup, then the
- * browser will push them apart. This is ugly in certain
- * scenarios and is only fixed by removing the whitespace
- * from the html in the first place (or ugly css hacks).
- *
- * @param  {string} html - the html to modify
- * @return {string} - modified html
- */
-function noWhiteSpace(html: string) {
-  const TAGS_WITH_WS = />\s+</g;
-  return html.replace(TAGS_WITH_WS, '><');
+interface Props {
+  defPairs: Array<[string, string]>;
 }
-
-const templateHtml = `
-  <dl class="source truncate-by-height">
-    <% defPairs.forEach(function (def) { %>
-      <dt><%- def[0] %>:</dt>
-      <dd><%= def[1] %></dd>
-      <%= ' ' %>
-    <% }); %>
-  </dl>`;
-const doTemplate = template(noWhiteSpace(templateHtml));
+const TemplateComponent = ({ defPairs }: Props) => {
+  return (
+    <dl className={'source truncate-by-height'}>
+      {defPairs.map((pair, idx) => (
+        <Fragment key={idx}>
+          <dt
+            dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: `${escape(pair[0])}:` }} // eslint-disable-line react/no-danger
+          />
+          <dd
+            dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: `${pair[1]}` }} // eslint-disable-line react/no-danger
+          />{' '}
+        </Fragment>
+      ))}
+    </dl>
+  );
+};
 
 export class SourceFormat extends FieldFormat {
   static id = FIELD_FORMAT_IDS._SOURCE;
@@ -70,6 +64,8 @@ export class SourceFormat extends FieldFormat {
       pairs.push([newField, val]);
     }, []);
 
-    return doTemplate({ defPairs: highlightPairs.concat(sourcePairs) });
+    return ReactDOM.renderToStaticMarkup(
+      <TemplateComponent defPairs={highlightPairs.concat(sourcePairs)} />
+    );
   };
 }