diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/WindowUtil.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/WindowUtil.kt
index 0cff3bc458d8..bac3acc79a7c 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/WindowUtil.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/WindowUtil.kt
@@ -106,23 +106,37 @@ private fun Window.statusBarShow() {
 internal fun Window.enableEdgeToEdge() {
   WindowCompat.setDecorFitsSystemWindows(this, false)
 
+  val insetsController = WindowInsetsControllerCompat(this, decorView)
   val isDarkMode = UiModeUtils.isDarkMode(context)
 
+  statusBarColor = Color.TRANSPARENT
+
   if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.Q) {
+    navigationBarColor = Color.TRANSPARENT
+
+    val attributes = intArrayOf(android.R.attr.enforceNavigationBarContrast)
+    val typedArray = context.theme.obtainStyledAttributes(attributes)
+
+    val enforceNavigationBarContrast =
+        try {
+          typedArray.getBoolean(0, true)
+        } finally {
+          typedArray.recycle()
+        }
+
     isStatusBarContrastEnforced = false
-    isNavigationBarContrastEnforced = true
-  }
+    isNavigationBarContrastEnforced = enforceNavigationBarContrast
 
-  statusBarColor = Color.TRANSPARENT
-  navigationBarColor =
-      when {
-        Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.Q -> Color.TRANSPARENT
-        Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.O && !isDarkMode -> LightNavigationBarColor
-        else -> DarkNavigationBarColor
-      }
-
-  WindowInsetsControllerCompat(this, decorView).run {
-    isAppearanceLightNavigationBars = !isDarkMode
+    if (enforceNavigationBarContrast) {
+      insetsController.isAppearanceLightNavigationBars = !isDarkMode
+    }
+  } else {
+    val isAppearanceLightNavigationBars =
+        Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.O && !isDarkMode
+
+    navigationBarColor =
+        if (isAppearanceLightNavigationBars) LightNavigationBarColor else DarkNavigationBarColor
+    insetsController.isAppearanceLightNavigationBars = isAppearanceLightNavigationBars
   }
 
   if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.P) {