diff --git a/Charts.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/Charts.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 6d11013875..d0be9ab202 100644
--- a/Charts.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/Charts.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@
 		C33E1AF5471A60BA42DAF52E /* RadarHighlighter.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = F368CF209744D8F3B85B1028 /* RadarHighlighter.swift */; };
 		C3F0DDB7F0A922F0BB7EDB8A /* IBarChartDataSet.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 7A53A9E42FC07FFDACA937C1 /* IBarChartDataSet.swift */; };
 		C7B150D740255670DEB9F455 /* Charts.framework in Frameworks */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 65AD9E95D9ED4DC0BD73A743 /* Charts.framework */; };
+		C9AA360A2355F01F00C97D93 /* Platform+Color.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = C9AA36092355F01F00C97D93 /* Platform+Color.swift */; };
 		CB785FE9B6B312408D17BC3B /* ChartUtils.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 3FDA09EF973925A110506799 /* ChartUtils.swift */; };
 		CC7F8198A13249B5DEBBF25E /* AnimatedViewPortJob.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 710D7C9B2F1DB4A331EE405A /* AnimatedViewPortJob.swift */; };
 		CEF68F42A5390A73113F3663 /* Renderer.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 6F66B32AD8A878CBD6DB6ED2 /* Renderer.swift */; };
@@ -289,6 +290,7 @@
 		C75935E899183DDFA181E2CC /* AxisRendererBase.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; includeInIndex = 1; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; name = AxisRendererBase.swift; path = Source/Charts/Renderers/AxisRendererBase.swift; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		C8C9A105A7DB64F39DDA648B /* ComponentBase.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; includeInIndex = 1; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; name = ComponentBase.swift; path = Source/Charts/Components/ComponentBase.swift; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		C8FB6219B143F8F7DA762950 /* TriangleShapeRenderer.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; includeInIndex = 1; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; name = TriangleShapeRenderer.swift; path = Source/Charts/Renderers/Scatter/TriangleShapeRenderer.swift; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
+		C9AA36092355F01F00C97D93 /* Platform+Color.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; name = "Platform+Color.swift"; path = "Source/Charts/Utils/Platform+Color.swift"; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		C9FE42E868A225C116537368 /* ChartBaseDataSet.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; includeInIndex = 1; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; name = ChartBaseDataSet.swift; path = Source/Charts/Data/Implementations/ChartBaseDataSet.swift; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		CB1DD1A0F64266A10EE94194 /* ScatterChartDataSet.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; includeInIndex = 1; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; name = ScatterChartDataSet.swift; path = Source/Charts/Data/Implementations/Standard/ScatterChartDataSet.swift; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		D2E1819D72CD7B6C4A4E8048 /* LineChartTests.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; includeInIndex = 1; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; name = LineChartTests.swift; path = Tests/Charts/LineChartTests.swift; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
@@ -590,6 +592,7 @@
 				5A4CFFFB65819121595F06F1 /* Fill.swift */,
 				3ED23C354AFE81818D78E645 /* Platform.swift */,
 				97AD2D4520AF917100F9C24A /* Platform+Accessibility.swift */,
+				C9AA36092355F01F00C97D93 /* Platform+Color.swift */,
 				FF475B9593B9898853814340 /* Transformer.swift */,
 				324C9127B53A8D39C8B49277 /* TransformerHorizontalBarChart.swift */,
 				72EAEBB7CF73E33565FC2896 /* ViewPortHandler.swift */,
@@ -848,6 +851,7 @@
 				3395682A1E27756651FF6F4D /* BarChartData.swift in Sources */,
 				45C459FA25DFCBE62FA6A06C /* BarChartDataEntry.swift in Sources */,
 				17E994DA88777AA1D8CCFC58 /* BarChartDataSet.swift in Sources */,
+				C9AA360A2355F01F00C97D93 /* Platform+Color.swift in Sources */,
 				7C9CE6718D18859A35146098 /* BarLineScatterCandleBubbleChartData.swift in Sources */,
 				53A91F6F86740E26FE733639 /* BarLineScatterCandleBubbleChartDataSet.swift in Sources */,
 				E68CA3DC66EB638C956E09B8 /* BubbleChartData.swift in Sources */,
diff --git a/ChartsDemo-iOS/Swift/Demos/PiePolylineChartViewController.swift b/ChartsDemo-iOS/Swift/Demos/PiePolylineChartViewController.swift
index 75b5d99faf..a25000739b 100644
--- a/ChartsDemo-iOS/Swift/Demos/PiePolylineChartViewController.swift
+++ b/ChartsDemo-iOS/Swift/Demos/PiePolylineChartViewController.swift
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@
 //  Copyright © 2017 jc. All rights reserved.
 //
 
-#if canImport(UIKit)
-    import UIKit
-#endif
+import UIKit
 import Charts
 
 class PiePolylineChartViewController: DemoBaseViewController {
diff --git a/ChartsDemo-macOS/PlaygroundChart.playground/Pages/BubbleChart.xcplaygroundpage/Contents.swift b/ChartsDemo-macOS/PlaygroundChart.playground/Pages/BubbleChart.xcplaygroundpage/Contents.swift
index 1e574aa7d4..eb872f2ede 100644
--- a/ChartsDemo-macOS/PlaygroundChart.playground/Pages/BubbleChart.xcplaygroundpage/Contents.swift
+++ b/ChartsDemo-macOS/PlaygroundChart.playground/Pages/BubbleChart.xcplaygroundpage/Contents.swift
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ for index in 0..<ITEM_COUNT
 //: ### BubbleChartDataSet
 let set = BubbleChartDataSet(values: entries, label: "Bubble DataSet")
 set.colors = ChartColorTemplates.vordiplom()
-set.valueTextColor = NSUIColor.black
+set.valueTextColor = NSUIColor.label
 set.valueFont = NSUIFont.systemFont(ofSize: CGFloat(10.0))
 set.drawValuesEnabled = true
 set.normalizeSizeEnabled = false
diff --git a/ChartsDemo-macOS/PlaygroundChart.playground/Pages/LineChart.xcplaygroundpage/Contents.swift b/ChartsDemo-macOS/PlaygroundChart.playground/Pages/LineChart.xcplaygroundpage/Contents.swift
index 265a643de0..12b04825d0 100644
--- a/ChartsDemo-macOS/PlaygroundChart.playground/Pages/LineChart.xcplaygroundpage/Contents.swift
+++ b/ChartsDemo-macOS/PlaygroundChart.playground/Pages/LineChart.xcplaygroundpage/Contents.swift
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ rightAxis.granularityEnabled = false
 //: ### Legend
 let legend = chartView.legend
 legend.font = NSUIFont(name: "HelveticaNeue-Light", size: CGFloat(12.0))!
-legend.textColor = NSUIColor.black
+legend.textColor = NSUIColor.label
 legend.form = .square
 legend.drawInside = false
 legend.orientation = .horizontal
diff --git a/Source/Charts/Charts/ChartViewBase.swift b/Source/Charts/Charts/ChartViewBase.swift
index 285e055bc9..d9ee479b82 100644
--- a/Source/Charts/Charts/ChartViewBase.swift
+++ b/Source/Charts/Charts/ChartViewBase.swift
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ open class ChartViewBase: NSUIView, ChartDataProvider, AnimatorDelegate
     @objc open var noDataFont = NSUIFont.systemFont(ofSize: 12)
     
     /// color of the no data text
-    @objc open var noDataTextColor: NSUIColor = NSUIColor.black
+    @objc open var noDataTextColor: NSUIColor = .label
 
     /// alignment of the no data text
     @objc open var noDataTextAlignment: NSTextAlignment = .left
diff --git a/Source/Charts/Charts/PieChartView.swift b/Source/Charts/Charts/PieChartView.swift
index bc6dc4124f..cf71be1bb6 100644
--- a/Source/Charts/Charts/PieChartView.swift
+++ b/Source/Charts/Charts/PieChartView.swift
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ open class PieChartView: PieRadarChartViewBase
                 
                 attrString = NSMutableAttributedString(string: newValue!)
                 attrString?.setAttributes([
-                    .foregroundColor: NSUIColor.black,
+                    .foregroundColor: NSUIColor.label,
                     .font: NSUIFont.systemFont(ofSize: 12.0),
                     .paragraphStyle: paragraphStyle
                     ], range: NSMakeRange(0, attrString!.length))
diff --git a/Source/Charts/Components/AxisBase.swift b/Source/Charts/Components/AxisBase.swift
index 437d4afa07..fa1d35b6a6 100644
--- a/Source/Charts/Components/AxisBase.swift
+++ b/Source/Charts/Components/AxisBase.swift
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ open class AxisBase: ComponentBase
     private var _axisValueFormatter: IAxisValueFormatter?
     
     @objc open var labelFont = NSUIFont.systemFont(ofSize: 10.0)
-    @objc open var labelTextColor = NSUIColor.black
+    @objc open var labelTextColor = NSUIColor.label
     
     @objc open var axisLineColor = NSUIColor.gray
     @objc open var axisLineWidth = CGFloat(0.5)
diff --git a/Source/Charts/Components/ChartLimitLine.swift b/Source/Charts/Components/ChartLimitLine.swift
index 41a2fe07b9..4802de8f87 100644
--- a/Source/Charts/Components/ChartLimitLine.swift
+++ b/Source/Charts/Components/ChartLimitLine.swift
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ open class ChartLimitLine: ComponentBase
     @objc open var lineDashPhase = CGFloat(0.0)
     @objc open var lineDashLengths: [CGFloat]?
     
-    @objc open var valueTextColor = NSUIColor.black
+    @objc open var valueTextColor = NSUIColor.label
     @objc open var valueFont = NSUIFont.systemFont(ofSize: 13.0)
     
     @objc open var drawLabelEnabled = true
diff --git a/Source/Charts/Components/Description.swift b/Source/Charts/Components/Description.swift
index ac0246e576..6dc512b858 100644
--- a/Source/Charts/Components/Description.swift
+++ b/Source/Charts/Components/Description.swift
@@ -50,5 +50,5 @@ open class Description: ComponentBase
     @objc open var font: NSUIFont
     
     /// Text color used for drawing the description text
-    @objc open var textColor = NSUIColor.black
+    @objc open var textColor = NSUIColor.label
 }
diff --git a/Source/Charts/Components/Legend.swift b/Source/Charts/Components/Legend.swift
index f50676ef3d..0c39bd6465 100644
--- a/Source/Charts/Components/Legend.swift
+++ b/Source/Charts/Components/Legend.swift
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ open class Legend: ComponentBase
     @objc open var direction: Direction = Direction.leftToRight
 
     @objc open var font: NSUIFont = NSUIFont.systemFont(ofSize: 10.0)
-    @objc open var textColor = NSUIColor.black
+    @objc open var textColor = NSUIColor.label
 
     /// The form/shape of the legend forms
     @objc open var form = Form.square
diff --git a/Source/Charts/Data/Implementations/ChartBaseDataSet.swift b/Source/Charts/Data/Implementations/ChartBaseDataSet.swift
index b331405b05..54d59d4b00 100644
--- a/Source/Charts/Data/Implementations/ChartBaseDataSet.swift
+++ b/Source/Charts/Data/Implementations/ChartBaseDataSet.swift
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ open class ChartBaseDataSet: NSObject, IChartDataSet, NSCopying
         
         // default color
         colors.append(NSUIColor(red: 140.0/255.0, green: 234.0/255.0, blue: 255.0/255.0, alpha: 1.0))
-        valueColors.append(NSUIColor.black)
+        valueColors.append(.label)
     }
     
     @objc public init(label: String?)
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ open class ChartBaseDataSet: NSObject, IChartDataSet, NSCopying
         
         // default color
         colors.append(NSUIColor(red: 140.0/255.0, green: 234.0/255.0, blue: 255.0/255.0, alpha: 1.0))
-        valueColors.append(NSUIColor.black)
+        valueColors.append(.label)
         
         self.label = label
     }
diff --git a/Source/Charts/Utils/Platform+Color.swift b/Source/Charts/Utils/Platform+Color.swift
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2372d88858
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Source/Charts/Utils/Platform+Color.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+//
+//  Platform+Color.swift
+//  Charts
+//
+//  Created by Jacob Christie on 2019-10-15.
+//
+
+#if canImport(UIKit)
+import UIKit
+
+public typealias NSUIColor = UIColor
+extension UIColor
+{
+    @available(iOS, introduced: 8.0, obsoleted: 13.0)
+    @available(tvOS, introduced: 9.0, obsoleted: 13.0)
+    static var label: UIColor { .black }
+}
+#endif
+
+#if canImport(AppKit)
+
+import AppKit
+
+public typealias NSUIColor = NSColor
+extension NSColor
+{
+    @available(macOS, introduced: 10.11, obsoleted: 10.14)
+    static var label: NSColor { .black }
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/Source/Charts/Utils/Platform.swift b/Source/Charts/Utils/Platform.swift
index 2eb4efd42e..5af2f493ac 100644
--- a/Source/Charts/Utils/Platform.swift
+++ b/Source/Charts/Utils/Platform.swift
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import Foundation
 #endif
 
 public typealias NSUIFont = UIFont
-public typealias NSUIColor = UIColor
 public typealias NSUIEvent = UIEvent
 public typealias NSUITouch = UITouch
 public typealias NSUIImage = UIImage
@@ -218,7 +217,6 @@ import Cocoa
 import Quartz
 
 public typealias NSUIFont = NSFont
-public typealias NSUIColor = NSColor
 public typealias NSUIEvent = NSEvent
 public typealias NSUITouch = NSTouch
 public typealias NSUIImage = NSImage