diff --git a/packages/calcite-components/src/components/text-area/resources.ts b/packages/calcite-components/src/components/text-area/resources.ts
index 4a1d7ec5564..144d4c7db54 100644
--- a/packages/calcite-components/src/components/text-area/resources.ts
+++ b/packages/calcite-components/src/components/text-area/resources.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export const CSS = {
   footerEndSlotOnly: "footer--end-only",
   textArea: "text-area",
   textAreaOnly: "text-area--only",
+  wrapper: "wrapper",
 };
 
 export const IDS = {
diff --git a/packages/calcite-components/src/components/text-area/text-area.e2e.ts b/packages/calcite-components/src/components/text-area/text-area.e2e.ts
index e7197e58836..97d3cb1862f 100644
--- a/packages/calcite-components/src/components/text-area/text-area.e2e.ts
+++ b/packages/calcite-components/src/components/text-area/text-area.e2e.ts
@@ -290,6 +290,18 @@ describe("calcite-text-area", () => {
           shadowSelector: `.${CSS.textArea}::placeholder`,
           targetProp: "color",
         },
+        "--calcite-text-area-corner-radius": {
+          shadowSelector: `.${CSS.wrapper}`,
+          targetProp: "borderRadius",
+        },
+        "--calcite-text-area-shadow": {
+          shadowSelector: `.${CSS.wrapper}`,
+          targetProp: "boxShadow",
+        },
+        "--calcite-text-area-footer-background-color": {
+          shadowSelector: `.${CSS.footer}`,
+          targetProp: "backgroundColor",
+        },
       });
     });
 
diff --git a/packages/calcite-components/src/components/text-area/text-area.scss b/packages/calcite-components/src/components/text-area/text-area.scss
index 16093ebde8c..9c76d25322d 100644
--- a/packages/calcite-components/src/components/text-area/text-area.scss
+++ b/packages/calcite-components/src/components/text-area/text-area.scss
@@ -14,16 +14,28 @@
  * @prop --calcite-text-area-min-width: Specifies the component's text area minimum width.
  * @prop --calcite-text-area-text-color: Specifies the component's text color.
  * @prop --calcite-text-area-footer-border-color: Specifies the footer's border color.
+ * @prop --calcite-text-area-corner-radius: Specifies component's corner radius.
+ * @prop --calcite-text-area-shadow: Specifies the component's shadow.
+ * @prop --calcite-text-area-footer-background-color: Specifies the footer's background color.
+
  */
 
 :host {
   @apply inline-block relative w-full h-full box-border;
-
   --calcite-internal-text-area-border-color: var(--calcite-text-area-border-color, var(--calcite-color-border-input));
   --calcite-internal-text-area-footer-border-color: var(
     --calcite-text-area-footer-border-color,
     var(--calcite-internal-text-area-border-color)
   );
+  --calcite-internal-text-area-corner-radius: var(
+    --calcite-text-area-corner-radius,
+    var(--calcite-corner-radius-default)
+  );
+  --calcite-internal-text-area-shadow: var(--calcite-text-area-shadow, var(--calcite-shadow-none));
+  --calcite-internal-text-area-footer-background-color: var(
+    --calcite-text-area-footer-background-color,
+    var(--calcite-text-area-background-color, var(--calcite-color-foreground-1))
+  );
 
   // avoids host to shrink beyond the textarea
   min-block-size: var(
@@ -33,19 +45,27 @@
   min-inline-size: var(--calcite-text-area-min-width, theme("spacing.48"));
 }
 
+.wrapper {
+  @apply h-full w-full box-border;
+  box-shadow: var(--calcite-internal-text-area-shadow);
+  border-radius: var(--calcite-internal-text-area-corner-radius);
+}
+
 .text-area,
 .footer {
   font-size: var(--calcite-text-area-font-size, var(--calcite-font-size--1));
-  background-color: var(--calcite-text-area-background-color, var(--calcite-color-foreground-1));
   padding-block: var(--calcite-internal-text-area-padding-block);
   padding-inline: var(--calcite-internal-text-area-padding-inline);
 }
 
+.footer {
+  background-color: var(--calcite-internal-text-area-footer-background-color);
+  border-radius: 0 0 var(--calcite-internal-text-area-corner-radius) var(--calcite-internal-text-area-corner-radius);
+}
+
 .text-area {
   @apply relative font-sans block box-border w-full m-0;
-
   --calcite-internal-text-area-border-block-end-color: var(--calcite-internal-text-area-border-color);
-
   border: var(--calcite-border-width-sm) solid var(--calcite-internal-text-area-border-color);
   border-block-end-color: var(--calcite-internal-text-area-border-block-end-color);
   color: var(--calcite-text-area-text-color, var(--calcite-color-text-1));
@@ -57,7 +77,8 @@
   );
   max-inline-size: var(--calcite-text-area-max-width);
   min-inline-size: var(--calcite-text-area-min-width, theme("spacing.48"));
-
+  background-color: var(--calcite-text-area-background-color, var(--calcite-color-foreground-1));
+  border-radius: var(--calcite-internal-text-area-corner-radius) var(--calcite-internal-text-area-corner-radius) 0 0;
   &::placeholder {
     @apply font-normal;
   }
@@ -82,6 +103,10 @@
     min-inline-size: theme("spacing.72");
   }
 
+  &.text-area--only {
+    border-radius: var(--calcite-internal-text-area-corner-radius);
+  }
+
   &:not(.text-area--only, .text-area--invalid) {
     --calcite-internal-text-area-border-block-end-color: var(
       --calcite-text-area-divider-color,
@@ -112,10 +137,14 @@
 }
 
 .readonly {
-  background-color: var(--calcite-color-background);
+  background-color: var(--calcite-text-area-background-color, var(--calcite-color-background));
   font-weight: var(--calcite-font-weight-medium);
 }
 
+.footer.readonly {
+  background-color: var(--calcite-internal-text-area-footer-background-color, var(--calcite-color-background));
+}
+
 .content,
 .hide {
   @apply hidden;
diff --git a/packages/calcite-components/src/components/text-area/text-area.tsx b/packages/calcite-components/src/components/text-area/text-area.tsx
index 49e8ae7e738..8f31d5f4fe4 100644
--- a/packages/calcite-components/src/components/text-area/text-area.tsx
+++ b/packages/calcite-components/src/components/text-area/text-area.tsx
@@ -468,82 +468,84 @@ export class TextArea
     const hasFooter = this.startSlotHasElements || this.endSlotHasElements || !!this.maxLength;
     return (
       <InteractiveContainer disabled={this.disabled}>
-        <textarea
-          aria-describedby={this.guid}
-          aria-errormessage={IDS.validationMessage}
-          ariaInvalid={this.status === "invalid" || this.isCharacterLimitExceeded()}
-          ariaLabel={getLabelText(this)}
-          autofocus={this.el.autofocus}
-          class={{
-            [CSS.textArea]: true,
-            [CSS.readOnly]: this.readOnly,
-            [CSS.textAreaInvalid]: this.isCharacterLimitExceeded(),
-            [CSS.footerSlotted]: this.endSlotHasElements && this.startSlotHasElements,
-            [CSS.textAreaOnly]: !hasFooter,
-          }}
-          cols={this.columns}
-          disabled={this.disabled}
-          maxLength={this.limitText ? this.maxLength : undefined}
-          name={this.name}
-          onChange={this.handleChange}
-          onInput={this.handleInput}
-          placeholder={this.placeholder}
-          readOnly={this.readOnly}
-          ref={this.setTextAreaEl}
-          required={this.required}
-          rows={this.rows}
-          spellcheck={this.el.spellcheck}
-          value={this.value}
-          wrap={this.wrap}
-        />
-        <span class={{ [CSS.content]: true }}>
-          <slot onSlotChange={this.contentSlotChangeHandler} />
-        </span>
-        <footer
-          class={{
-            [CSS.footer]: true,
-            [CSS.readOnly]: this.readOnly,
-            [CSS.hide]: !hasFooter,
-          }}
-          ref={this.footerEl}
-        >
-          <div
+        <div class={CSS.wrapper}>
+          <textarea
+            aria-describedby={this.guid}
+            aria-errormessage={IDS.validationMessage}
+            ariaInvalid={this.status === "invalid" || this.isCharacterLimitExceeded()}
+            ariaLabel={getLabelText(this)}
+            autofocus={this.el.autofocus}
+            class={{
+              [CSS.textArea]: true,
+              [CSS.readOnly]: this.readOnly,
+              [CSS.textAreaInvalid]: this.isCharacterLimitExceeded(),
+              [CSS.footerSlotted]: this.endSlotHasElements && this.startSlotHasElements,
+              [CSS.textAreaOnly]: !hasFooter,
+            }}
+            cols={this.columns}
+            disabled={this.disabled}
+            maxLength={this.limitText ? this.maxLength : undefined}
+            name={this.name}
+            onChange={this.handleChange}
+            onInput={this.handleInput}
+            placeholder={this.placeholder}
+            readOnly={this.readOnly}
+            ref={this.setTextAreaEl}
+            required={this.required}
+            rows={this.rows}
+            spellcheck={this.el.spellcheck}
+            value={this.value}
+            wrap={this.wrap}
+          />
+          <span class={{ [CSS.content]: true }}>
+            <slot onSlotChange={this.contentSlotChangeHandler} />
+          </span>
+          <footer
             class={{
-              [CSS.container]: true,
-              [CSS.footerEndSlotOnly]: !this.startSlotHasElements && this.endSlotHasElements,
+              [CSS.footer]: true,
+              [CSS.readOnly]: this.readOnly,
+              [CSS.hide]: !hasFooter,
             }}
+            ref={this.footerEl}
           >
-            <slot
-              name={SLOTS.footerStart}
-              onSlotChange={(event) =>
-                (this.startSlotHasElements = slotChangeHasAssignedElement(event))
-              }
-            />
-            <slot
-              name={SLOTS.footerEnd}
-              onSlotChange={(event) =>
-                (this.endSlotHasElements = slotChangeHasAssignedElement(event))
-              }
+            <div
+              class={{
+                [CSS.container]: true,
+                [CSS.footerEndSlotOnly]: !this.startSlotHasElements && this.endSlotHasElements,
+              }}
+            >
+              <slot
+                name={SLOTS.footerStart}
+                onSlotChange={(event) =>
+                  (this.startSlotHasElements = slotChangeHasAssignedElement(event))
+                }
+              />
+              <slot
+                name={SLOTS.footerEnd}
+                onSlotChange={(event) =>
+                  (this.endSlotHasElements = slotChangeHasAssignedElement(event))
+                }
+              />
+            </div>
+            {this.renderCharacterLimit()}
+          </footer>
+          <HiddenFormInputSlot component={this} />
+          {this.isCharacterLimitExceeded() && (
+            <span ariaLive="polite" class={CSS.assistiveText} id={this.guid}>
+              {this.replacePlaceholdersInMessages()}
+            </span>
+          )}
+          {this.validationMessage && this.status === "invalid" ? (
+            <Validation
+              icon={this.validationIcon}
+              id={IDS.validationMessage}
+              message={this.validationMessage}
+              ref={this.setValidationRef}
+              scale={this.scale}
+              status={this.status}
             />
-          </div>
-          {this.renderCharacterLimit()}
-        </footer>
-        <HiddenFormInputSlot component={this} />
-        {this.isCharacterLimitExceeded() && (
-          <span ariaLive="polite" class={CSS.assistiveText} id={this.guid}>
-            {this.replacePlaceholdersInMessages()}
-          </span>
-        )}
-        {this.validationMessage && this.status === "invalid" ? (
-          <Validation
-            icon={this.validationIcon}
-            id={IDS.validationMessage}
-            message={this.validationMessage}
-            ref={this.setValidationRef}
-            scale={this.scale}
-            status={this.status}
-          />
-        ) : null}
+          ) : null}
+        </div>
       </InteractiveContainer>
     );
   }
diff --git a/packages/calcite-components/src/demos/text-area.html b/packages/calcite-components/src/demos/text-area.html
index 98b42ad7ac5..e960380d942 100644
--- a/packages/calcite-components/src/demos/text-area.html
+++ b/packages/calcite-components/src/demos/text-area.html
@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@
         --calcite-text-area-divider-color: yellow;
         --calcite-text-area-text-color: brown;
         --calcite-text-area-footer-border-color: orange;
+        --calcite-text-area-corner-radius: 12px;
+      }
+
+      .themed-realistic {
+        --calcite-text-area-border-color: transparent;
+        --calcite-text-area-divider-color: transparent;
+        --calcite-text-area-footer-background-color: var(--calcite-color-foreground-1);
+        --calcite-text-area-shadow: var(--calcite-shadow-sm);
+        --calcite-text-area-corner-radius: 4px;
       }
 
       .parent {
@@ -278,7 +287,7 @@
       <div class="parent">
         <div class="child-text">Custom Themed</div>
         <div class="child">
-          <calcite-text-area placeholder="themed..." max-length="10" class="themed" scale="s"></calcite-text-area>
+          <calcite-text-area placeholder="themed..." class="themed" scale="s"></calcite-text-area>
         </div>
         <div class="child">
           <calcite-text-area placeholder="themed..." max-length="10" class="themed" scale="m"></calcite-text-area>
@@ -288,6 +297,41 @@
         </div>
       </div>
 
+      <div class="parent">
+        <div class="child-text">Realistic Themed</div>
+        <div class="child">
+          <calcite-text-area placeholder="themed..." class="themed-realistic" scale="s">
+            <div slot="footer-start">
+              <calcite-button scale="s" kind="neutral" icon-start="layers" round></calcite-button>
+              <calcite-button scale="s" kind="neutral" icon-start="map" round></calcite-button>
+            </div>
+            <calcite-button scale="s" icon-end="arrow-right" round slot="footer-end"
+              >Ask</calcite-button
+            ></calcite-text-area
+          >
+        </div>
+        <div class="child">
+          <calcite-text-area read-only placeholder="themed..." class="themed-realistic" scale="m">
+            <div slot="footer-start">
+              <calcite-button kind="neutral" icon-start="layers" round></calcite-button>
+              <calcite-button kind="neutral" icon-start="map" round></calcite-button>
+            </div>
+            <calcite-button icon-end="arrow-right" round slot="footer-end">Ask</calcite-button></calcite-text-area
+          >
+        </div>
+        <div class="child">
+          <calcite-text-area placeholder="themed..." class="themed-realistic" scale="l">
+            <div slot="footer-start">
+              <calcite-button scale="l" kind="neutral" icon-start="layers" round></calcite-button>
+              <calcite-button scale="l" kind="neutral" icon-start="map" round></calcite-button>
+            </div>
+            <calcite-button scale="l" icon-end="arrow-right" round slot="footer-end"
+              >Ask</calcite-button
+            ></calcite-text-area
+          >
+        </div>
+      </div>
+
       <div class="parent">
         <div class="child-text">With Slotted at footer-start</div>
         <div class="child">