diff --git a/crates/egui/src/style.rs b/crates/egui/src/style.rs
index 7ebae0214..ced778207 100644
--- a/crates/egui/src/style.rs
+++ b/crates/egui/src/style.rs
@@ -451,7 +451,9 @@ pub struct Visuals {
     pub code_bg_color: Color32,
 
     /// Color used for weak text.
-    pub weak_text_color: Color32,
+    ///
+    /// If `None`, a color is automatially chosen based on [`Self::text_color`] and [`Self::window_fill`].
+    pub weak_text_color: Option<Color32>,
 
     /// A good color for warning text (e.g. orange).
     pub warn_fg_color: Color32,
@@ -491,9 +493,10 @@ impl Visuals {
             .unwrap_or_else(|| self.widgets.noninteractive.text_color())
     }
 
-    #[inline]
     pub fn weak_text_color(&self) -> Color32 {
-        self.weak_text_color
+        self.weak_text_color.unwrap_or_else(|| {
+            crate::color::tint_color_towards(self.text_color(), self.window_fill())
+        })
     }
 
     #[inline(always)]
@@ -679,7 +682,7 @@ impl Visuals {
             faint_bg_color: Color32::from_gray(35),
             extreme_bg_color: Color32::from_gray(10), // e.g. TextEdit background
             code_bg_color: Color32::from_gray(64),
-            weak_text_color: Color32::from_gray(83),
+            weak_text_color: None,
             warn_fg_color: Color32::from_rgb(255, 143, 0), // orange
             error_fg_color: Color32::from_rgb(255, 0, 0),  // red
             window_rounding: Rounding::same(6.0),
@@ -704,7 +707,6 @@ impl Visuals {
             faint_bg_color: Color32::from_gray(242),
             extreme_bg_color: Color32::from_gray(255), // e.g. TextEdit background
             code_bg_color: Color32::from_gray(230),
-            weak_text_color: Color32::from_gray(164),
             warn_fg_color: Color32::from_rgb(255, 0, 0), // red also, beecause orange doesn't look great because of https://github.com/emilk/egui/issues/1455
             error_fg_color: Color32::from_rgb(255, 0, 0), // red
             window_shadow: Shadow::big_light(),
@@ -1187,7 +1189,7 @@ impl Visuals {
             faint_bg_color,
             extreme_bg_color,
             code_bg_color,
-            weak_text_color,
+            weak_text_color: _, // TODO(emilk)
             warn_fg_color,
             error_fg_color,
             window_rounding,
@@ -1231,7 +1233,6 @@ impl Visuals {
                 &mut widgets.noninteractive.fg_stroke.color,
                 "Text color",
             );
-            ui_color(ui, weak_text_color, RichText::new("Weak text"));
             ui_color(ui, warn_fg_color, RichText::new("Warnings"));
             ui_color(ui, error_fg_color, RichText::new("Errors"));
         });