diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api
index e45682536635b1..0a50cc37974935 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api
@@ -6050,6 +6050,7 @@ public final class com/facebook/react/views/text/DefaultStyleValuesUtil {
 	public static final fun getDefaultTextColor (Landroid/content/Context;)Landroid/content/res/ColorStateList;
 	public static final fun getDefaultTextColorHighlight (Landroid/content/Context;)I
 	public static final fun getDefaultTextColorHint (Landroid/content/Context;)Landroid/content/res/ColorStateList;
+	public static final fun getTextColorSecondary (Landroid/content/Context;)Landroid/content/res/ColorStateList;
 }
 
 public abstract class com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactBaseTextShadowNode : com/facebook/react/uimanager/LayoutShadowNode {
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/devsupport/DevSupportManagerBase.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/devsupport/DevSupportManagerBase.kt
index e3c20324d03ad0..79b09fca56dbe1 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/devsupport/DevSupportManagerBase.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/devsupport/DevSupportManagerBase.kt
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import android.content.DialogInterface
 import android.content.Intent
 import android.content.IntentFilter
 import android.content.pm.PackageManager
+import android.content.res.ColorStateList
 import android.graphics.Typeface
 import android.hardware.SensorManager
 import android.os.Build
@@ -74,6 +75,8 @@ import com.facebook.react.internal.featureflags.ReactNativeNewArchitectureFeatur
 import com.facebook.react.modules.core.RCTNativeAppEventEmitter
 import com.facebook.react.modules.debug.interfaces.DeveloperSettings
 import com.facebook.react.packagerconnection.RequestHandler
+import com.facebook.react.views.common.UiModeUtils
+import com.facebook.react.views.text.DefaultStyleValuesUtil
 import java.io.File
 import java.net.MalformedURLException
 import java.net.URL
@@ -547,7 +550,11 @@ public abstract class DevSupportManagerBase(
                 isEnabled = isEnabled(position)
                 if (this is TextView) {
                   setTextColor(
-                      if (isEnabled) android.graphics.Color.WHITE else android.graphics.Color.GRAY
+                      if (isEnabled) {
+                        safeGetDefaultTextColor(context)
+                      } else {
+                        safeGetTextColorSecondary(context)
+                      }
                   )
                 }
               }
@@ -1011,6 +1018,17 @@ public abstract class DevSupportManagerBase(
     }
   }
 
+  private fun safeGetDefaultTextColor(context: Context): ColorStateList {
+    return DefaultStyleValuesUtil.getDefaultTextColor(context)
+        ?: if (UiModeUtils.isDarkMode(context)) ColorStateList.valueOf(android.graphics.Color.WHITE)
+        else ColorStateList.valueOf(android.graphics.Color.BLACK)
+  }
+
+  private fun safeGetTextColorSecondary(context: Context): ColorStateList {
+    return DefaultStyleValuesUtil.getTextColorSecondary(context)
+        ?: ColorStateList.valueOf(android.graphics.Color.GRAY)
+  }
+
   override fun openDebugger(panel: String?) {
     devServerHelper.openDebugger(
         currentReactContext,
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/DefaultStyleValuesUtil.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/DefaultStyleValuesUtil.kt
index c1a046f9beeedd..84b67cd2d44e45 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/DefaultStyleValuesUtil.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/DefaultStyleValuesUtil.kt
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ public object DefaultStyleValuesUtil {
   public fun getDefaultTextColor(context: Context): ColorStateList? =
       getDefaultTextAttribute(context, android.R.attr.textColor)
 
+  @JvmStatic
+  public fun getTextColorSecondary(context: Context): ColorStateList? =
+      getDefaultTextAttribute(context, android.R.attr.textColorSecondary)
+
   /**
    * Utility method that returns the default text highlight color as define by the theme
    *
diff --git a/packages/rn-tester/android/app/src/main/res/values-night/colors.xml b/packages/rn-tester/android/app/src/main/res/values-night/colors.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..b3331488e2c449
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/rn-tester/android/app/src/main/res/values-night/colors.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<resources>
+    <color name="text_color">#FFFFFF</color>
+    <color name="text_color_secondary">#888888</color>
+</resources>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/rn-tester/android/app/src/main/res/values-night/styles.xml b/packages/rn-tester/android/app/src/main/res/values-night/styles.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..027e9efdc410cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/rn-tester/android/app/src/main/res/values-night/styles.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<resources>
+
+    <!-- Base application theme. -->
+    <style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.DayNight.NoActionBar">
+        <!-- Customize your theme here. -->
+      <item name="android:textColor">@color/text_color</item>
+      <item name="android:textColorSecondary">@color/text_color_secondary</item>
+    </style>
+
+</resources>
diff --git a/packages/rn-tester/android/app/src/main/res/values/colors.xml b/packages/rn-tester/android/app/src/main/res/values/colors.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..4bccbad4e1d1c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/rn-tester/android/app/src/main/res/values/colors.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<resources>
+  <color name="text_color">#000000</color>
+  <color name="text_color_secondary">#888888</color>
+</resources>
diff --git a/packages/rn-tester/android/app/src/main/res/values/styles.xml b/packages/rn-tester/android/app/src/main/res/values/styles.xml
index 24bc061368750c..027e9efdc410cd 100644
--- a/packages/rn-tester/android/app/src/main/res/values/styles.xml
+++ b/packages/rn-tester/android/app/src/main/res/values/styles.xml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
     <!-- Base application theme. -->
     <style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.DayNight.NoActionBar">
         <!-- Customize your theme here. -->
+      <item name="android:textColor">@color/text_color</item>
+      <item name="android:textColorSecondary">@color/text_color_secondary</item>
     </style>
 
 </resources>