diff --git a/src/chart_types/partition_chart/layout/config/config.ts b/src/chart_types/partition_chart/layout/config/config.ts
index bd1aec205f..2d450e76b9 100644
--- a/src/chart_types/partition_chart/layout/config/config.ts
+++ b/src/chart_types/partition_chart/layout/config/config.ts
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ export const configMetadata = {
   },
 
   // other
-  backgroundColor: { dflt: '#ffffff', type: 'color' },
+  // backgroundColor: { dflt: '#ffffff', type: 'color' },
   sectorLineWidth: { dflt: 1, min: 0, max: 4, type: 'number' },
   sectorLineStroke: { dflt: 'white', type: 'string' },
   colors: { dflt: 'turbo', type: 'palette', values: Object.keys(palettes) },
diff --git a/src/chart_types/partition_chart/layout/types/config_types.ts b/src/chart_types/partition_chart/layout/types/config_types.ts
index 81ba72a196..29f71d68d9 100644
--- a/src/chart_types/partition_chart/layout/types/config_types.ts
+++ b/src/chart_types/partition_chart/layout/types/config_types.ts
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ export interface StaticConfig {
   backgroundColor: Color;
   sectorLineWidth: Pixels;
   sectorLineStroke: StrokeStyle;
+  containerBackgroundColor: string;
 }
 
 export type EasingFunction = (x: Ratio) => Ratio;
diff --git a/src/chart_types/partition_chart/layout/utils/calcs.ts b/src/chart_types/partition_chart/layout/utils/calcs.ts
index c1ca89e2ad..b083067653 100644
--- a/src/chart_types/partition_chart/layout/utils/calcs.ts
+++ b/src/chart_types/partition_chart/layout/utils/calcs.ts
@@ -59,6 +59,23 @@ function computeContrast(rgb1: string, rgb2: string) {
   return colorJS(rgb1).contrast(colorJS(rgb2));
 }
 
+/** If the user specifies the background of the container in which the chart will be on, we can use that color
+ * and make sure to provide optimal contrast
+ * https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10781953/determine-rgba-colour-received-by-combining-two-colours*/
+/** @internal */
+export function getBackgroundWithContainerColorFromUser(rgba1: string, rgba2: string): string {
+  // @ts-ignore
+  const [red1, green1, blue1, alpha1] = parseInt(rgba1.replace(/[^\d.,]/g, '').split(','));
+  // @ts-ignore
+  const [red2, green2, blue2, alpha2] = parseInt(rgba2.replace(/[^\d.,]/g, '').split(','));
+  const alpha = alpha1 + alpha2 * (1 - alpha1);
+  const red = (red2 * alpha2 + red1 * alpha1 * (1 - alpha2)) / alpha;
+  const green = (green2 * alpha2 + green1 * alpha1 * (1 - alpha2)) / alpha;
+  const blue = (blue2 * alpha2 + blue1 * alpha1 * (1 - alpha2)) / alpha;
+
+  return `rgba(${red}, ${green}, ${blue}, ${alpha})`;
+}
+
 /** @internal */
 export function colorIsDark(textColor: Color, bgColor: Color) {
   const currentContrast = computeContrast(textColor, bgColor);
diff --git a/src/chart_types/partition_chart/layout/viewmodel/fill_text_layout.ts b/src/chart_types/partition_chart/layout/viewmodel/fill_text_layout.ts
index 3c73c2933b..73613ef642 100644
--- a/src/chart_types/partition_chart/layout/viewmodel/fill_text_layout.ts
+++ b/src/chart_types/partition_chart/layout/viewmodel/fill_text_layout.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import {
 import { Box, Font, PartialFont, TextMeasure } from '../types/types';
 import { conjunctiveConstraint } from '../circline_geometry';
 import { Layer } from '../../specs/index';
-import { colorIsDark } from '../utils/calcs';
+import { colorIsDark, getBackgroundWithContainerColorFromUser } from '../utils/calcs';
 import { ValueFormatter } from '../../../../utils/commons';
 
 const INFINITY_RADIUS = 1e4; // far enough for a sub-2px precision on a 4k screen, good enough for text bounds; 64 bit floats still work well with it
@@ -280,9 +280,13 @@ function fill(
       layer.fillLabel && layer.fillLabel.valueFont,
     );
 
-    // need to compare the contrast from the shapeFillColor to the textColor and change the textColor if the contrast isn't enough
-    const shapeFillColor = node.fillColor;
-    const textColorWithContrast = colorIsDark(textColor, shapeFillColor);
+    // need to compare the contrast from the shapeFillColor and the background of the container to the textColor and change the textColor if the contrast isn't at least 4.5
+    const sliceFillColor = node.fillColor;
+    const containerBackgroundColorFromUser = config.containerBackgroundColor;
+    const containerBackground = containerBackgroundColorFromUser
+      ? getBackgroundWithContainerColorFromUser(sliceFillColor, containerBackgroundColorFromUser)
+      : sliceFillColor;
+    const textColorWithContrast = colorIsDark(textColor, containerBackground);
     const sizeInvariantFont: Font = {
       fontStyle,
       fontVariant,