diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Text/RCTTextAttributes.mm b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Text/RCTTextAttributes.mm
index e3f9a0af583e..2ee06afd37bb 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Text/RCTTextAttributes.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Text/RCTTextAttributes.mm
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ - (CGFloat)effectiveFontSizeMultiplier
 
 - (RCTPlatformColor *)effectiveForegroundColor // [macOS]
 {
-  RCTPlatformColor *effectiveForegroundColor = _foregroundColor ?: [RCTPlatformColor blackColor]; // [macOS]
+  RCTPlatformColor *effectiveForegroundColor = _foregroundColor ?: [RCTTextAttributes defaultForegroundColor]; // [macOS]
 
   if (!isnan(_opacity)) {
     effectiveForegroundColor =
diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Text/TextInput/Multiline/RCTUITextView.mm b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Text/TextInput/Multiline/RCTUITextView.mm
index 8c71181b26a8..c5ae3fe6ed07 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Text/TextInput/Multiline/RCTUITextView.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Text/TextInput/Multiline/RCTUITextView.mm
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ - (instancetype)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame
     _textInputDelegateAdapter = [[RCTBackedTextViewDelegateAdapter alloc] initWithTextView:self];
 
     self.backgroundColor = [RCTPlatformColor clearColor]; // [macOS]
-    self.textColor = [RCTPlatformColor blackColor]; // [macOS]
+    self.textColor = [RCTPlatformColor labelColor]; // [macOS]
     // This line actually removes 5pt (default value) left and right padding in UITextView.
 #if !TARGET_OS_OSX // [macOS]
     self.textContainer.lineFragmentPadding = 0;
diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Text/TextInput/RCTBaseTextInputView.mm b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Text/TextInput/RCTBaseTextInputView.mm
index 572bf21ef4a3..188ddf034750 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Text/TextInput/RCTBaseTextInputView.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Text/TextInput/RCTBaseTextInputView.mm
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ - (void)enforceTextAttributesIfNeeded
 
   NSDictionary<NSAttributedStringKey, id> *textAttributes = [[_textAttributes effectiveTextAttributes] mutableCopy];
   if ([textAttributes valueForKey:NSForegroundColorAttributeName] == nil) {
-    [textAttributes setValue:[RCTPlatformColor blackColor] forKey:NSForegroundColorAttributeName]; // [macOS]
+    [textAttributes setValue:[RCTPlatformColor labelColor] forKey:NSForegroundColorAttributeName]; // [macOS]
   }
 
     backedTextInputView.defaultTextAttributes = textAttributes;
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/attributedstring/TextAttributes.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/attributedstring/TextAttributes.cpp
index 2982e5923693..f042d94777e6 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/attributedstring/TextAttributes.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/attributedstring/TextAttributes.cpp
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ TextAttributes TextAttributes::defaultTextAttributes() {
   static auto textAttributes = [] {
     auto textAttributes = TextAttributes{};
     // Non-obvious (can be different among platforms) default text attributes.
-    textAttributes.foregroundColor = blackColor();
+    textAttributes.foregroundColor = defaultForegroundTextColor(); // [macOS]
     textAttributes.backgroundColor = clearColor();
     textAttributes.fontSize = 14.0;
     textAttributes.fontSizeMultiplier = 1.0;
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/graphics/Color.h b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/graphics/Color.h
index 5c2dd9aa509b..6fed98d9d9e7 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/graphics/Color.h
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/graphics/Color.h
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ SharedColor colorFromRGBA(uint8_t r, uint8_t g, uint8_t b, uint8_t a);
 SharedColor clearColor();
 SharedColor blackColor();
 SharedColor whiteColor();
+SharedColor defaultForegroundTextColor(); // [macOS]
 
 #ifdef RN_SERIALIZABLE_STATE
 inline folly::dynamic toDynamic(const SharedColor& sharedColor) {
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/graphics/platform/ios/react/renderer/graphics/HostPlatformColor.mm b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/graphics/platform/ios/react/renderer/graphics/HostPlatformColor.mm
index ed55f28aa664..15395d0b70fe 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/graphics/platform/ios/react/renderer/graphics/HostPlatformColor.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/graphics/platform/ios/react/renderer/graphics/HostPlatformColor.mm
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
 #import <React/RCTUIKit.h> // [macOS]
 #import <objc/runtime.h>
+#import <react/renderer/graphics/Color.h> // [macOS]
 #import <react/renderer/graphics/RCTPlatformColorUtils.h>
 #import <react/utils/ManagedObjectWrapper.h>
 #import <string>
@@ -342,6 +343,16 @@ int32_t ColorFromUIColor(const std::shared_ptr<void> &uiColor)
   return Color(wrapManagedObject(semanticColor));
 }
 
+// [macOS
+SharedColor defaultForegroundTextColor() {
+  static SharedColor color = [] {
+    std::vector<std::string> items = {"labelColor"};
+    return SharedColor(Color::createSemanticColor(items));
+  }();
+  return color;
+}
+// macOS]
+
 } // namespace facebook::react
 
 NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_END
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTAttributedTextUtils.mm b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTAttributedTextUtils.mm
index 5ff1c376da8b..207a5f044e0e 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTAttributedTextUtils.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTAttributedTextUtils.mm
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ inline static CGFloat RCTEffectiveFontSizeMultiplierFromTextAttributes(const Tex
 
 inline static RCTPlatformColor *RCTEffectiveForegroundColorFromTextAttributes(const TextAttributes &textAttributes) // [macOS]
 {
-  RCTPlatformColor *effectiveForegroundColor = RCTUIColorFromSharedColor(textAttributes.foregroundColor) ? RCTUIColorFromSharedColor(textAttributes.foregroundColor) : [RCTPlatformColor blackColor]; // [macOS]
+  RCTPlatformColor *effectiveForegroundColor = RCTUIColorFromSharedColor(textAttributes.foregroundColor) ?: [RCTPlatformColor labelColor]; // [macOS]
 
   if (!isnan(textAttributes.opacity)) {
     effectiveForegroundColor = [effectiveForegroundColor