diff --git a/src/components/card/card.actions.ts b/src/components/card/card.actions.ts
index fa8ba577c..edeec7133 100644
--- a/src/components/card/card.actions.ts
+++ b/src/components/card/card.actions.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { registerComponent } from '../common/definitions/register.js';
 import type { ContentOrientation } from '../types.js';
 import { all } from './themes/actions.js';
 import { styles } from './themes/card.actions.base.css.js';
+import { styles as shared } from './themes/shared/actions/card.actions.common.css.js';
 
 /** A container for card action items like buttons
  * @element igc-card-actions
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ import { styles } from './themes/card.actions.base.css.js';
  */
 export default class IgcCardActionsComponent extends LitElement {
   public static readonly tagName = 'igc-card-actions';
-  public static override styles = styles;
+  public static override styles = [styles, shared];
 
   /* blazorSuppress */
   public static register(): void {
diff --git a/src/components/card/themes/card.actions.base.scss b/src/components/card/themes/card.actions.base.scss
index aab6c1a21..d5b5e3002 100644
--- a/src/components/card/themes/card.actions.base.scss
+++ b/src/components/card/themes/card.actions.base.scss
@@ -37,7 +37,3 @@
     margin-inline-start: auto;
     order: 1;
 }
-
-::slotted(igc-icon) {
-    opacity: .6;
-}
diff --git a/src/components/card/themes/shared/actions/card.actions.common.scss b/src/components/card/themes/shared/actions/card.actions.common.scss
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..77951c25c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/card/themes/shared/actions/card.actions.common.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+@use 'styles/utilities' as *;
+@use '../../light/themes' as *;
+
+$theme: $base;
+
+:host {
+    color: var-get($theme, 'actions-text-color');
+}