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diff --git a/core/src/components/tab-button/test/a11y/tab-button.e2e.ts b/core/src/components/tab-button/test/a11y/tab-button.e2e.ts
index d33365613d..36ff346875 100644
--- a/core/src/components/tab-button/test/a11y/tab-button.e2e.ts
+++ b/core/src/components/tab-button/test/a11y/tab-button.e2e.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ configs().forEach(({ title, config }) => {
     test('should not have any axe violations', async ({ page }) => {
       await page.goto('/src/components/tab-button/test/a11y', config);
 
-      // TODO FW-3604
-      const results = await new AxeBuilder({ page }).disableRules('color-contrast').analyze();
+      const results = await new AxeBuilder({ page }).analyze();
       expect(results.violations).toEqual([]);
     });
   });
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diff --git a/core/src/themes/ionic.theme.default.ios.scss b/core/src/themes/ionic.theme.default.ios.scss
index db2ac4279d..faf1c91430 100644
--- a/core/src/themes/ionic.theme.default.ios.scss
+++ b/core/src/themes/ionic.theme.default.ios.scss
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ $overlay-ios-background-color:              var(--ion-overlay-background-color,
 $tabbar-ios-background:                     var(--ion-tab-bar-background, var(--ion-color-step-50, #f7f7f7)) !default;
 $tabbar-ios-background-focused:             var(--ion-tab-bar-background-focused, get-color-shade(#fff)) !default;
 $tabbar-ios-border-color:                   var(--ion-tab-bar-border-color, var(--ion-border-color, var(--ion-color-step-150, rgba(0, 0, 0, .2)))) !default;
-$tabbar-ios-color:                          var(--ion-tab-bar-color, $text-color-step-600) !default;
+$tabbar-ios-color:                          var(--ion-tab-bar-color, $text-color-step-400) !default;
 $tabbar-ios-color-selected:                 var(--ion-tab-bar-color-selected, ion-color(primary, base)) !default;
 
 // iOS Toolbar
diff --git a/core/src/themes/ionic.theme.default.md.scss b/core/src/themes/ionic.theme.default.md.scss
index c0012354cc..7924108a4b 100644
--- a/core/src/themes/ionic.theme.default.md.scss
+++ b/core/src/themes/ionic.theme.default.md.scss
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ $overlay-md-background-color:               var(--ion-overlay-background-color,
 $tabbar-md-background:                      var(--ion-tab-bar-background, $background-color) !default;
 $tabbar-md-background-focused:              var(--ion-tab-bar-background-focused, get-color-shade(#fff)) !default;
 $tabbar-md-border-color:                    var(--ion-tab-bar-border-color, var(--ion-border-color, var(--ion-color-step-150, rgba(0, 0, 0, .07)))) !default;
-$tabbar-md-color:                           var(--ion-tab-bar-color, $text-color-step-400) !default;
+$tabbar-md-color:                           var(--ion-tab-bar-color, $text-color-step-350) !default;
 $tabbar-md-color-selected:                  var(--ion-tab-bar-color-selected, ion-color(primary, base)) !default;
 
 // Material Design Toolbar