diff --git a/packages/flutter/lib/src/cupertino/theme.dart b/packages/flutter/lib/src/cupertino/theme.dart
index 75d68d8489e..36315e297ca 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/lib/src/cupertino/theme.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/lib/src/cupertino/theme.dart
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export 'package:flutter/foundation.dart' show Brightness;
 const _CupertinoThemeDefaults _kDefaultTheme = _CupertinoThemeDefaults(
   null,
   CupertinoColors.systemBlue,
-  CupertinoColors.systemBackground,
+  CupertinoColors.white,
   CupertinoDynamicColor.withBrightness(
     color: Color(0xF0F9F9F9),
     darkColor: Color(0xF01D1D1D),
diff --git a/packages/flutter/test/cupertino/button_test.dart b/packages/flutter/test/cupertino/button_test.dart
index 44ea39aba5b..6589055a12b 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/test/cupertino/button_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/test/cupertino/button_test.dart
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ void main() {
         ),
       ),
     );
-    expect(textStyle.color, isSameColorAs(CupertinoColors.black));
+    expect(textStyle.color, isSameColorAs(CupertinoColors.white));
     decoration = tester.widget<DecoratedBox>(
       find.descendant(
         of: find.byType(CupertinoButton),
diff --git a/packages/flutter/test/cupertino/segmented_control_test.dart b/packages/flutter/test/cupertino/segmented_control_test.dart
index e669b63d9ff..bcf7d1a4db1 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/test/cupertino/segmented_control_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/test/cupertino/segmented_control_test.dart
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ void main() {
       DefaultTextStyle textStyle = tester.widget(find.widgetWithText(DefaultTextStyle, 'Child 1').first);
       IconThemeData iconTheme = IconTheme.of(tester.element(find.byIcon(const IconData(1))));
 
-      expect(textStyle.style.color, isSameColorAs(CupertinoColors.black));
+      expect(textStyle.style.color, isSameColorAs(CupertinoColors.white));
       expect(iconTheme.color, isSameColorAs(CupertinoColors.systemBlue.darkColor));
 
       await tester.tap(find.byIcon(const IconData(1)));
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ void main() {
       iconTheme = IconTheme.of(tester.element(find.byIcon(const IconData(1))));
 
       expect(textStyle.style.color, isSameColorAs(CupertinoColors.systemBlue.darkColor));
-      expect(iconTheme.color, isSameColorAs(CupertinoColors.black));
+      expect(iconTheme.color, isSameColorAs(CupertinoColors.white));
     },
   );
 
diff --git a/packages/flutter/test/cupertino/theme_test.dart b/packages/flutter/test/cupertino/theme_test.dart
index 148462a9788..bc68425cad0 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/test/cupertino/theme_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/test/cupertino/theme_test.dart
@@ -225,12 +225,16 @@ void main() {
   });
 
   late Brightness currentBrightness;
-  void colorMatches(Color? componentColor, CupertinoDynamicColor expectedDynamicColor) {
-    switch (currentBrightness) {
-      case Brightness.light:
-        expect(componentColor, isSameColorAs(expectedDynamicColor.color));
-      case Brightness.dark:
-        expect(componentColor, isSameColorAs(expectedDynamicColor.darkColor));
+  void colorMatches(Color? componentColor, Color expectedDynamicColor) {
+    if (expectedDynamicColor is CupertinoDynamicColor) {
+      switch (currentBrightness) {
+        case Brightness.light:
+          expect(componentColor, isSameColorAs(expectedDynamicColor.color));
+        case Brightness.dark:
+          expect(componentColor, isSameColorAs(expectedDynamicColor.darkColor));
+      }
+    } else {
+      expect(componentColor, isSameColorAs(expectedDynamicColor));
     }
   }
 
@@ -254,7 +258,7 @@ void main() {
 
       final CupertinoThemeData theme = await testTheme(tester, data);
 
-      colorMatches(theme.primaryContrastingColor, CupertinoColors.systemBackground);
+      colorMatches(theme.primaryContrastingColor, CupertinoColors.white);
       colorMatches(theme.barBackgroundColor, barBackgroundColor);
       colorMatches(theme.scaffoldBackgroundColor, CupertinoColors.systemBackground);
       colorMatches(theme.textTheme.textStyle.color, CupertinoColors.label);