diff --git a/src/theme/mod.rs b/src/theme/mod.rs
index b7e85237..093bac05 100644
--- a/src/theme/mod.rs
+++ b/src/theme/mod.rs
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ impl DefaultStyle for Theme {
     fn default_style(&self) -> Appearance {
         let cosmic = self.cosmic();
         Appearance {
-            icon_color: cosmic.bg_color().into(),
+            icon_color: cosmic.on_bg_color().into(),
             background_color: cosmic.bg_color().into(),
             text_color: cosmic.on_bg_color().into(),
         }
diff --git a/src/theme/style/iced.rs b/src/theme/style/iced.rs
index 4633477d..aa6f4b33 100644
--- a/src/theme/style/iced.rs
+++ b/src/theme/style/iced.rs
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ pub mod application {
         iced::theme::Style {
             background_color: cosmic.bg_color().into(),
             text_color: cosmic.on_bg_color().into(),
-            icon_color: cosmic.bg_color().into(),
+            icon_color: cosmic.on_bg_color().into(),
         }
     }
 }