diff --git a/packages/uui-textarea/lib/uui-textarea.element.ts b/packages/uui-textarea/lib/uui-textarea.element.ts
index 7e093f645..415f3f436 100644
--- a/packages/uui-textarea/lib/uui-textarea.element.ts
+++ b/packages/uui-textarea/lib/uui-textarea.element.ts
@@ -303,6 +303,7 @@ export class UUITextareaElement extends FormControlMixin(LitElement) {
       }
 
       textarea {
+        color: var(--uui-color-text);
         font-family: inherit;
         line-height: var(--uui-size-6);
         box-sizing: border-box;