diff --git a/src/generic/hyperlinkg.cpp b/src/generic/hyperlinkg.cpp
index 191be40579..f583b108e7 100644
--- a/src/generic/hyperlinkg.cpp
+++ b/src/generic/hyperlinkg.cpp
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
     #include "wx/menu.h"
     #include "wx/log.h"
     #include "wx/dataobj.h"
+    #include "wx/settings.h"
 #endif
 
 #include "wx/clipbrd.h"
@@ -105,8 +106,13 @@ namespace
 
 wxColour GetLinkColour()
 {
+    // There is a standard link colour appropriate for the default "light" mode,
     // see https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/rendering.html#phrasing-content-3
-    return wxColour(0x00, 0x00, 0xee);
+    // it doesn't stand out enough in dark mode, so choose "light sky blue"
+    // colour for the links in dark mode instead (this is a rather arbitrary
+    // choice, but there doesn't seem to be any standard one).
+    return wxSystemSettings::SelectLightDark(wxColour(0x00, 0x00, 0xee),
+                                             wxColour(0x87, 0xce, 0xfa));
 }
 
 } // anonymous namespace
diff --git a/src/msw/hyperlink.cpp b/src/msw/hyperlink.cpp
index 47de3ff9f6..4649b1c97e 100644
--- a/src/msw/hyperlink.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/hyperlink.cpp
@@ -108,6 +108,14 @@ bool wxHyperlinkCtrl::Create(wxWindow *parent,
         return false;
     }
 
+    if ( wxSystemSettings::GetAppearance().IsDark() )
+    {
+        // Override the colour used by default by the native control with the
+        // colour appropriate for the dark mode, as the default one doesn't
+        // have enough contrast in it.
+        SetNormalColour(GetClassDefaultAttributes().colFg);
+    }
+
     ConnectMenuHandlers();
 
     return true;
@@ -243,7 +251,7 @@ wxHyperlinkCtrl::GetClassDefaultAttributes(wxWindowVariant variant)
 {
     auto attrs = wxGenericHyperlinkCtrl::GetClassDefaultAttributes(variant);
 
-    if ( HasNativeHyperlinkCtrl() )
+    if ( HasNativeHyperlinkCtrl() && !wxSystemSettings::GetAppearance().IsDark() )
         attrs.colFg = wxSystemSettings::GetColour(wxSYS_COLOUR_HOTLIGHT);
 
     return attrs;