diff --git a/packages/shared/styles/color.ts b/packages/shared/styles/color.ts
index 3dfbc42be..6301ecb51 100644
--- a/packages/shared/styles/color.ts
+++ b/packages/shared/styles/color.ts
@@ -81,38 +81,48 @@ export const getTextColor = (
   darkTextColor,
   lightTextColor
 ): string => {
-  // Convert color from hex to RGB.
-  const getRGB = (c: string | number): number => {
-    return parseInt(c as string, 16) || (c as number);
-  };
-
-  // Convert to sRGB and apply gamma correction.
-  const getsRGB = (c: string): number => {
-    const rgb = getRGB(c) / 255;
-    return rgb <= 0.03928 ? rgb / 12.92 : Math.pow((rgb + 0.055) / 1.055, 2.4);
-  };
-
-  // Calculate relative luminance.
-  const getLuminance = (hexColor: string): number => {
-    return (
-      0.2126 * getsRGB(hexColor.slice(1, 3)) +
-      0.7152 * getsRGB(hexColor.slice(3, 5)) +
-      0.0722 * getsRGB(hexColor.slice(5, 7))
-    );
-  };
-
-  // Use relative luminance to compare color contrast.
   const getContrast = (f: string, b: string): number => {
+    // Use relative luminance to compare color contrast.
+    const getLuminance = (hexColor: string): number => {
+      // Convert to sRGB and apply gamma correction.
+      const getRGB = (c: string | number): number =>
+        parseInt(c as string, 16) || (c as number);
+      const getsRGB = (c: string): number => {
+        const rgb = getRGB(c) / 255;
+        return rgb <= 0.03928
+          ? rgb / 12.92
+          : Math.pow((rgb + 0.055) / 1.055, 2.4);
+      };
+
+      return (
+        0.2126 * getsRGB(hexColor.slice(1, 3)) +
+        0.7152 * getsRGB(hexColor.slice(3, 5)) +
+        0.0722 * getsRGB(hexColor.slice(5, 7))
+      );
+    };
+
     const L1 = getLuminance(f);
     const L2 = getLuminance(b);
-    // Ratio formula is defined by WCAG guidelines
     return (Math.max(L1, L2) + 0.05) / (Math.min(L1, L2) + 0.05);
   };
 
-  const LIGHT_COLOR = getContrast(bgColor, lightTextColor);
-  const DARK_COLOR = getContrast(bgColor, darkTextColor);
+  // WCAG 2.2 color contrast standard for normal text.
+  const MIN_NORMAL_CONTRAST = 4.5;
+
+  const contrastWithDarkText = getContrast(bgColor, darkTextColor);
+  const contrastWithLightText = getContrast(bgColor, lightTextColor);
+
+  if (
+    contrastWithLightText >= MIN_NORMAL_CONTRAST &&
+    contrastWithDarkText < MIN_NORMAL_CONTRAST
+  ) {
+    return lightTextColor;
+  }
+
   // Determine which color has the highest contrast ratio and return that color.
-  return LIGHT_COLOR > DARK_COLOR ? lightTextColor : darkTextColor;
+  return contrastWithDarkText > MIN_NORMAL_CONTRAST
+    ? darkTextColor
+    : lightTextColor;
 };
 
 // Assumes we always want our default hover colors to be lower